US economy continues to contract

Beige Book - raport o aktualnym stanie gospodarki w USA publikowany przez FED 8 razy na rok
US economic activity weakened in March, but there were some signs of stabilisation, the Federal Reserve has said in its influential Beige Book.

bleak - ponury, posępny
Despite some signs of improvement, this report painted a bleak picture of current US economic activity.

slight - drobny, lekki
some districts noted a slight improvement in sales compared with the previous reporting period

reposession - przejęcie (nieruchomości), odzyskanie
He did, however, say that 2009 would be a hard year for the US economy, when there would be more job losses, more repossessions and "more pain".

tentative - tymczasowy, wstępny, niepewny, próbny
Mr Bernanke, talking to students at Moorehouse University in Atlanta, also on Tuesday, spoke of "tentative signs" that the rate of contraction of the US economy was slowing down.

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