The recession has cut deeply into his sales, for example, forcing him to lay off five workers.

The recession cut the demand for power, and the company also lost sales to independent generators.

After initial success, he said, the recession cut into his business.

And some people think the recession may have cut lesiure spending.

By the end of 1982, recession had cut that figure to 18 million.

The recession has significantly cut education spending, leaving little money beyond existing programs.

Even though the recession has cut orders, no production workers have been laid off.

A recession cut short the boom in vacation homes in the late 1980's.

And the recession has cut deeply into many family food budgets.

Meanwhile, the recession has cut the demand for electricity for two years running, reducing the need to build anything at all.