Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 42 dwindles 41 recession 40 deepening recession 39 mortgage defaults 39 economic downturn 39 downturns 39 economic downturns 37 downturn 36 joblessness 36 dwindle 36 Great Recession 36 worsens 35 shrinks 35 unemployment 35 Recession 35 loan defaults 35 austerity 35 belt tightening 35 budget shortfalls 34 recessions 34 austerity measures 34 budget deficits 34 defaults 34 jobless rate 34 wanes 34 falters 34 tend 33 credit crunch 33 housing slump 33 escalates 33 foreclosures 33 dips below 33 grows 33 retrench 33 recessionary 33 cools 33 plummets 33 pocketbooks 32 wallets 32 household incomes 32 tends 32 encourages 32 cutbacks 32 Unemployment 32 skittish 32 dries 31 subsides 31 budgets 31 unemployment rate 31 jobless 31 renters 31 layoffs 31 warns 31 Foreclosures 31 delinquencies 31 overreact 31 frugal 31 economy 30 erodes 30 shrink 30 rises 30 purse strings 30 dip 30 gravitate toward 30 shrinking 30 softens 30 skyrocket 30 gravitate 30 ebbs 30 discretionary spending 30 flock 30 evaporates 29 eats 29 woos 29 weakens 29 midyear 29 erode 29 double dip 29 borrowing costs 29 advises 29 cuts 29 stabilizes 29 furloughs 29 slumps 29 escalate 29 spigot 29 deteriorates 29 wealthier 29 enacts 29 incomes 29 fixed incomes 29 risk averse 29 employable 29 pocketbook 29 erupts 29 slows 29 swells 29 choosy 28 insolvencies 28 dips 28 interest rates