| RECESSION | A temporary depression in economic activity or prosperity (9) |
| PASSINGTHROUGH | Husband in temporary depression isn't stopping (7,7) |
| DOWNSWING | Drop in economic activity (9) |
| WELLBEING | A state of health, happiness or prosperity (4-5) |
| SPIRAL | A continuous upward or downward movement in economic activity (6) |
| GOLDENAGE | Time of great importance or prosperity (6,3) |
| GROWTHS | Increase in economic activity ending for traders in unusual formations? (7) |
| DEFLATION | Reduced economic activity can lead to loss of bravado (9) |
| DOWNTURN | Decline in economic activity [8) |
| TRADECYCLE | Exchange bike during fluctuations in economic activity (5,5) |
| SLOWDOWN | Bob given data for decline in economic activity (8) |
| BOOM | A loud resonant sound of a bass drum, bittern, cannon, explosion, thunderclap, shock wave etc; a spar on a ship; or, a sudden surge or uptick in births, business or prosperity (4) |
| SPEED | Rate of motion or action; each one of a bike's gear ratios; or, an old word for success or prosperity (5) |
| SUNSHINE | Solar rays or fair weather; its warmth; or, by extension, brightness, cheeriness, geniality or prosperity (8) |
| COMEDOWN | Decline in status or prosperity (8) |
| HEYDAY | The time of greatest success or prosperity (6) |
| BONANZA | Source of wealth or prosperity (7) |
| INDUSTRY | Economic activity involving making or processing things (8) |
| CASH | No end of bother in economic collapse - what's missing in it? (4) |
| GNP | Measure of economic activity (Abbr.) |
