According to ESPN, Luka Modric has signed an extra one-year contraction extension to keep him at Real Madrid until June 2024, as announced by the Club on Monday.

Source: https://nigerianobservernews.com/2023/06/luka-modric-signs-one-year-contract-extension-with-real-madrid/

After showing contraction each month between April and October, mainland China's exports returned to positive growth in November, albeit marginal expansion of just 0.5% y/y measured in USD terms.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4658977-apac-manufacturing-sector-rebounds-late-2023?source=feed_all_articles

Against this backdrop, at the beginning of October, the for the German economy's contraction, now predicting a drop in GDP of -0.5% versus the previous -0.3% for 2023, by far the worst annual performance of the bloc's economies.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231116-germany-hikes-ukraine-military-support-but-is-its-defence-spending-tilt-tenable

America may be headed for a recession and this will prove more essential than ever if there is a contraction of our economy and people suffer job losses.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/02/13/paul-lopez-denver-clerk-and-recorder-election-2023/

Among the services sectors, the wholesale and retail trade as well as transportation and storage sectors collectively grew by 2.6 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, a turnaround from the 0.7 per cent contraction in the previous quarter.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-gdp-q2-advance-estimates-technical-recession-avoided-3628281?cid=cna_flip_070214

Any figure below 50 points signifies a contraction, but the final June manufacturing PMI number was a bit better than the preliminary figure of 45.5 points.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/07/03/french-manufacturings-june-contraction/

Any PMI reading above 50 indicates expansion, while levels below that represent contraction.

Source: https://krdo.com/money/cnn-business-consumer/2023/03/31/chinas-services-activity-jumps-to-decade-high-as-economic-recovery-gets-back-on-track/

Apparently, cosmic inflation attempts to account for this as the universe seesaws back and forth between expansion and contraction.

Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/did-the-big-bang-happen-more-than-once

A reading below 50.0 points to contraction.

Source: https://www.marketpulse.com/news-events/central-banks/aud-usd-slips-on-soft-chinese-pmis-aussie-inflation-jumps/kfisher

As recently as April, economists were expecting a mild contraction in the third and fourth quarter.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/10/26/consumer-spending-sends-gdp-soaring-4-9-in-the-third-quarter/

As the PC market’s contraction continued in the first quarter, Apple saw the largest year-over-year decline in shipments while HP Inc. recorded the smallest drop-off among the world’s five largest computer manufacturers, according to IDC.

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/computing/idc-apple-pc-shipments-take-big-hit-hp-fares-better-than-rivals-in-q1

Both have been in contraction territory for many months.

Source: https://gazette.com/business/economic-report-mild-recession-still-seems-to-be-in-the-cards-tatiana-bailey/article_89ee0114-fffb-11ed-b290-cb976116e803.html

But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revised up its estimate for January’s growth to 0.4 per cent from 0.3 per cent – meaning Britain is likely to avoid the first-quarter contraction that the Bank of England predicted last month.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/13/strikes-weigh-on-uk-economy-which-stagnated-in-february/

But when they raise interest rates — which is all that they can do anyway — the blame for the resulting contraction in economic activity is also placed at their door.

Source: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/editorial/theres-been-a-creeping-erosion-of-central-bank-authority-globally/article66770561.ece

Consumer durables output during the month declined by 8.4 per cent against a contraction of 3.1 per cent a year ago.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/industrial-production-growth-slips-to-5-month-low-of-1-1-pc-in-march/3085113/

Despite the contraction in output, labor market conditions remain tight, the IMF says.

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609047149/imf-ukraine-war-impacted-estonia-s-economy-negatively-reforms-needed

Even the bloc's strongest economies showed no brighter picture: Germany suffered a 0.1% contraction on a yearly basis and stagnated compared to the first three months of the year.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/07/eurozone-gdp-sees-barely-any-growth

For the March quarter, management revenues between $2.9 and $3.1 billion, which would reflect a year over year contraction of 8% and 1% respectively.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4579868-nxp-semiconductors-strong-q4-supports-bullish-thesis?source=feed_all_articles

“Funding costs increased during the quarter due to the rapid rise in Fed rate increases, resulting in net interest margin contraction during the first quarter compared to the first quarter a year ago,” said Brant Ward, president.

Source: https://talkbusiness.net/2023/04/white-river-bancshares-posts-80-decline-in-first-quarter-earnings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-river-bancshares-posts-80-decline-in-first-quarter-earnings

Growth momentum has been improving during the first half of 2023, marking a significant turnaround compared with contraction of 1.7% q/q in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4631047-malaysian-economy-moderates-in-mid-2023?source=feed_all_articles