downward pressure
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an influence that causes prices, wages, etc., to decrease
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- The increase in supply is putting downward pressure on prices.
- Globalization has exerted significant downward pressure on wages for low-skilled workers.
- Fierce competition is creating downward pressure on our profit margins.
- Rising interest rates are expected to put downward pressure on the housing market.
- The new subsidies helped to relieve the downward pressure on agricultural prices.
- How can the central bank mitigate the downward pressure on the currency?
- Negative earnings reports led to immense downward pressure on the company's stock value.
- There has been consistent downward pressure on the cost of technology over the last decade.
- An influx of cheap imports is the main source of downward pressure on domestic manufacturing.
- Analysts predict that automation will continue to apply downward pressure on employment in certain sectors.