This year the national economy hit the wall in a number of ways.

He predicts that the local economy will not hit bottom until early 1992.

At this time, Australia's economy hit hard times with the recession of the early 90s.

Of course the economy has hit women hard in the workplace too.

Last June, several people here believed that the economy had hit bottom and was starting to grow again.

The question, they add, is when and how roughly the economy will hit the bottom.

Now, with no tourists during five years of war, the local economy has hit bottom.

The economy had hit bottom in March 1933 and then started to expand.

Then the economy hit a wall, growing more slowly and giving less to those at the bottom.

"Our economy may just be hitting bottom, though it's more likely that it will happen next year," she said.