"I thought you said the big slump was going to come on the second day," Sylvia says as we approach the booth they are in.

Yet occupancy rates have gone down since then, with a big slump after Sept. 11, 2001.

"Dave was in a big slump and Jay was especially strong."

Now there's no question that the Fed's rapid rate reductions last year helped avert a much bigger slump.

Production fell 11.8 percent in the first quarter this year, the biggest slump among the nations of the former Soviet Union.

The area is currently experiencing a far bigger slump compared to several other places around Hyderabad.

A still bigger slump than they have been having since the shipping troubles started wouldn't help anyone.

"Two years ago Manny was in a big hitting slump," he said.

"It's happening again - the big slump we've all been waiting for," he said somberly, and several others agreed.

This is Turkey's biggest economic slump since 1945.