Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 housing slump 54 subprime mortgage crisis 52 credit crunch 50 subprime meltdown 50 deepening recession 50 downturn 49 Great Recession 49 recession 49 slowdown 47 economic downturn 46 subprime mortgage mess 45 mortgage defaults 44 debacles 44 deepest recession 44 stagnant wages 44 meltdown 43 subprime mortgage meltdown 43 slowest pace 42 sluggishness 42 economy 42 prolonged slump 42 Present Situation Index 41 mortgage delinquencies 41 crisis 41 housing bubble 40 slump 40 sluggish 40 deceleration 40 malaise 40 loan defaults 40 steep declines 40 spillover effects 39 recessions 39 dot com bust 39 Naroff 39 Vitner 39 joblessness 39 subprime mortgage 39 subprime lending 39 slumping 39 By ALEX VEIGA 39 sales excluding autos 39 housing bubble burst 38 deflationary pressures 38 turmoil 38 contraction 38 inflationary pressures 38 liquidity crunch 38 sharpest decline 38 subprime 38 falloff 38 writedowns 38 crises 38 decelerating 38 slowdowns 38 Niemira 37 headwinds 37 downturns 37 Ken Mayland president 37 steepest drop 37 homebuyer tax 37 steepest decline 37 Durable goods 37 twin disasters 37 inflation pressures 37 aftershocks 37 upheavals 37 tech bellwether 37 Excluding autos 37 Great Depression 37 precipitous drop 37 slackening 37 Nothaft 37 fallout 37 By ALAN ZIBEL 36 recessionary 36 Mark Vitner senior 36 dislocations 36 cyclical downturn 36 Lynn Franco 36 nonresidential construction 36 sub prime 36 ripple effects 36 multiyear lows 36 Credit Crunch 36 delinquencies 36 excludes volatile 36 nondurable goods 36 foreclosures 36 boom 36 coincident index 36 investor sentiment 36 Inflationary pressures 36 downward revisions 36 skittishness 36 Recession 36 turbulence 36 hurricanes Katrina 35 Thomson Financial IFR 35 accounting scandals 35 shakeout