Examples

由于公司不景气， 老板不得不通过裁人来减少支出。

Due to the companies poor performance, the boss had to reduce the size of staff in order to reduce costs. → 裁汰

现在养殖业也不景气了， 你还是做别的吧。

The breeding industry is in depression now, you'd better do something else. → 养殖业

经济不景气 → 不景气

The economy is going down; it's a bad time to buy an apartment.

经济不景气，所以现在不适合买房。

The economy faltered.

经济不景气。 → falter

Last year was really bad for the motor industry in Europe.

去年，欧洲的机动车市场很不景气。 → motor