When private sector employees are separated from public sector ones, the situation looks even more depressing.
The media world offers still more depressing news about the economy in a mid-year report released today.
"There is nothing more depressing than a shriveled, overcooked mussel, " Mr. Kahan said.
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At first blush, the markets liked the effort, but the optimistic headlines were soon replaced with other more depressing news.
All that was depressing, but sadly not much more depressing than the economic discourse during many election campaigns, in many countries.
Few things are more depressing than hitting the work week already exhausted.
Saddest, unless of course you think this clip of Maroon 5 performing an acoustic set to round out the keynote is more depressing.
The second, more depressing possibility is that growth stays at a permanently lower rate, with investment, employment and productivity growth all feebler than before.
That fictional scenario is the best way to gauge its real-world opposite, a scheme whose very name--Bluetooth--appropriately calls to mind the more depressing aspects of dentistry.
Los Angeles as a long-term case study in one of the few cities principally developed after the invention of the automobile reveals an even more depressing underside to the data.
Matters grew more depressing for Viadana in the 22nd minute when second row Fabio Gumiero was sent to the sin bin for what appeared to be dissent towards referee Hugh Watkins.
Could it get any more depressing?
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More depressing for the purists is that I only see four ways to reverse the trend: (1) State legislative subsidies to keep a state-supported school within the existing conference due to other state schools they play and revenue retention from those games (2) private business subsidies, (3) donations from the general public and high net worth individuals, or (4) a conscious decision to deemphasize sports.
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Raising securitised credit becomes more difficult when a flood of discounted new models hits the market, depressing used-car values and leading to yet more discounting.
But consumer confidence remains weak and households continue to save more and to spend less, thereby depressing tax revenues.
What's more, the evidence suggests higher inflation is depressing growth by eating into consumer incomes while ultra-low interest rates are crushing savers and inflating new global asset-price bubbles ironically, including potentially in Canadian residential property.
Mr Davies said: "It is truly depressing that 2005 closes with yet more black jobs news for mid Wales as Floform, Welshpool's biggest manufacturing business, notifies staff that up to 60 jobs are to go".
The total capitalization of art works in its ranking went up 9% in 2012, while the number of new artists appearing in the ranking fell to 38 in 2012 from 8 'Untitled' by Jean-Michel Basquiat is on displ...1 in 2011, confirming the rather depressing trend that wealthy buyers are buying more expensive art from a smaller selection of established names.
The gameplay is quite a bit more in-depth than spinning from target to target and depressing the trigger.
And why will listening to a designed to be depressing call from Clearwire later this week be any more informative?
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Depressing though it may sound to those who identify more with the first rat's style of living, this biological process makes perfect evolutionary sense.
Asian nations are already depressing the value of their currencies to make their exports more competitive with China's.
Thus, the expectation that prices will be lower tomorrow may encourage consumers to delay purchases, depressing demand and forcing firms to cut prices by even more.
And a lot more shares of insiders will be eligible to be sold in coming months, potentially depressing the stock price further.
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On the other hand, these same forces are depressing prices and ushering in life-improving products and technologies, making everyone wealthier and more eager to consume.
Amidst all the chaos and depressing scenes, there was some jubilation when a rescue team leader announced that they had found more people alive in a particular pocket inside the rubble.
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At the more dubious end of the scale is NAV again, with an index of 2.5 years, pretty depressing given that it would take today's buyer of the units at least six years to recover the purchase price (assuming the monthly distribution stays constant).
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