So the risk of economic ups and downs has shifted from the company to the free agent's shoulders.

Factories, in particular, have tended to swing widely with economic ups and downs.

They must weather economic ups and downs, changes in fashion, fierce competition and sometimes political chaos.

But economic ups and downs opened the doors.

The company's growth has been impressive, despite economic ups and downs.

You are impervious to economic ups and downs, except for very large downs.

Our family has had no concerns about medical bills or losing our home because of Caterpillar's economic ups and downs.

A sales tax swings sharply with economic ups and down, creating recurrent crises; income taxes are relatively steady.

The stocks of those retailers most sensitive to economic ups and downs were among those taking a pounding yesterday.

Family structure changes slowly over time; economic ups and downs have little effect on who lives with whom.