This is not, as you might think, because people get sicker when they are under economic stress.
But in times of economic stress you can't sell value.
"We should not and cannot tolerate a $9 billion hit on the software industry at a time of economic stress."
The closing of the aluminum plant caused serious economic stress in the area.
It makes the social order of the modern city highly fragile under economic stress.
"The risk to the party is far more than just more economic stress."
It means increasing child tax credits to reduce economic stress on young families.
An important cause of these problems is poverty and economic stress.
New York at the time was struggling under civil disorder and economic stress.
The economic stress which political events bring in their train does not hit everybody equally hard.