depressed

depressed
adjective
(market, trade) déprimé(e); (area, industry) touché(e) par la crise; (prices, profits, wages) en baisse;
this is one of the most depressed sectors of the economy c'est l'un des secteurs économiques les plus touchés par la crise;
the economy has been in a depressed state for nearly three years l'économie est dans un état de marasme depuis bientôt trois ans

What makes the difference in the UK is that people are more likely to get on their bikes from depressed areas to booming ones such as Cambridge than they are to seek work in Cologne. And if there are serious regional imbalances, the UK government has the power to spend proportionately more money on the needy regions - as it does in Northern Ireland.


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