It is usually seen as a healthy sign that the previous excess optimism has given way to gloom.
While the figure always rises ahead of the holidays, analysts at Capital Economics noted it was a healthy sign.
The fact that such a discussion is happening at all is, you may well argue, a healthy sign in itself.
Many, especially in Congress, argue that the obstruction of the president is just a healthy sign of Mexico's new, flourishing, democracy.
That is a healthy sign for those who worry about its independence, but bad news for bankers there keen on mainland business.
Some Indians think that all this is a healthy sign of a free and noisy democracy at last getting to grips with a problem.
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While a certain amount of inflation is a healthy sign of a growing economy, too much of it could tip a fragile economy into stagflation, in an extreme case.
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Without it, seniors might forgo drug coverage while they are relatively healthy, but sign up as soon as their drug costs rise significantly, pushing up the overall cost to taxpayers.
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Yet the outside world saw that exuberance as a sign of healthy German self-confidence.
One of the reasons why the Chicago White Sox consistently have the healthiest pitchers in baseball is that they generally draft and trade and sign for healthy pitchers.
But aside from that year, this industry has aggregately experienced healthy growth, a sign that consumers continue to invest money in their current vehicles, either as repairs or preventative maintenance.
You could argue that the furious power battles are a sign of healthy internal democracy, or you could look at the political murders, and the greedy factionalism as proof that yet another African liberation movement has pressed the self-destruct button.
But the BPI's Sarah Roberts feels it is a sign of a healthy industry.
Yesterday was a healthy digestion day, and a sign that bulls remain in control.
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In order to run a successful fund, a venture firm must have a healthy supply of limited partners, who all sign on board to allow us to invest their money as we deem best.
"Sensational and insulting propaganda against the people, who have always acted independently, and insinuating that their healthy movement is directed by foreigners is itself a sign of the implementation of faulty policies which will widen the gap between the people and the government, " Khatami wrote.
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Growth is a natural sign of being alive, so it is healthy to want to expand, develop, and advance both personally and professionally.
The return of higher interest rates ought to be taken as another sign that Japan's economy is at last getting healthy again.
This record could be the sign of things to come, especially if she can stay healthy.
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