This boom ended with the end of prohibition in 1933, and the economy sank into depression.

Over the past year or two, people tell me it's a great time for this book because the economy has sunk to these depths.

Everyone also agrees the national economy hit a slowdown in late 2000 and has been sinking ever since.

"The economy will be sinking well into the middle of next year."

The economy was slowly sinking as interest rates continued to climb.

After all, at least the number of jobs is growing; the economy has not sunk back into recession.

And there are signs that the Soviet economy is sinking even lower.

Last year the economy sank into recession, shrinking by about 3 percent.

Sweden's economy sank into recession in the third quarter of 2008.

The economy of Germany had "sunk to the lowest level in a hundred years."