What Brown fears is a so-called W-shaped recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [FEARS OF A SECOND RECESSION] Reference

Now, it looks more like a "W-shaped" recovery is on the way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plunge in home sales not pretty, but necessary for real recovery] Reference

What should we make of the W-shaped curve of perceived female intelligence?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Gender stereotypes and Dolores Labs] Reference

When the reality hits that we're perfectly on track for a W-shaped recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [Department of Book Reports: The Defining Moment] Reference

Amid talk of U -, L -, and W-shaped recoveries, Moody's has taken a different tack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Overheard] Reference

“We cannot invite a W-shaped recession, or an M-shaped recession,” noted Rep. John Oliver (D-MA).    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 19, 2010] Reference

Why the divergence between Moberg (M-shaped double-hump, purple) and CH (W-shaped double-dip, red/blue)?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reverse Engineering Hegerl et al. « Climate Audit] Reference

SANCHEZ: Let me ask you about this idea that we have a double dip recession, W-shaped as opposed to a V-shaped.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2009] Reference

His temple-to-temple, W-shaped mustache has already won him the endorsement of the American Mustache Institute.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Miller mobilizes U.S. Army; Sarah Palin gets keystoned; McMillan leads by a whisker] Reference

• The death curves were W-shaped, affecting those under age 5, those aged 20 – 40, and those aged 70 – 74.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planetary Miasms: The Astrology of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic] Reference

The likely scenario for advanced economies is a mediocre U-shaped recovery, even if we avoid a W-shaped double dip.    From Wordnik.com.  ['What is coming will feel like a recession'] Reference

That makes some economists fear a W-shaped recovery, with a risk of stagnation ahead before growth becomes more robust.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Recovers as U.S. Lags] Reference

Or is it more W-shaped, as a government spending-led recovery this year peters out and China's longer term structural issues resurface?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beijing Ponders One Slump or Two] Reference

“We cannot invite a W-shaped recession, or an M-shaped recession,” said Rep. John Olver (D-MA), when asked about a spending freeze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bayh Claims ‘There’s A Fighting Chance’ Obama Will Call For A Spending Freeze] Reference

I suppose you're saying with the bumps ahead in the road -- the potential bumps, you're predicting what, I would say, a W-shaped recession?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2009] Reference

Mr. Lou expressed concern over the economic outlook for the U.S., suggesting the current upturn could fade and cause a "W-shaped" recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feeling Flush, China's CIC Opens Wallet] Reference

So we will observe a double-dip W-shaped recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fabius Maximus] Reference

W-shaped double dip recession as higher prices crimp recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Re the W-shaped recession, Jim Kunstler's blog this week is a doozie.    From Wordnik.com.  [TUMEKE!] Reference

"And a W-shaped recession is referred to as a double-dip recession.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

"It is consistent with a double-dip (recession) or W-shaped recovery.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

"W-shaped recovery," with a slowdown coming after the current rebound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloomberg] Reference

If it's a W-shaped recovery as seems likely this is probably only a blip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference

Economist Roger Kubarych says the case for a W-shaped recovery is very strong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

Hopes for a "V-shaped" recovery have shifted to fears of a "W-shaped" double dip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

My bet is that this recession will be more W-shaped by the time we get through it.    From Wordnik.com.  [FOXNews.com] Reference

I hear all of this talk of L-shaped recover, W-shaped recovery, U-shaped recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

A W-shaped recovery assumes a second drop before the economy finally improves, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference

"We cannot invite a W-shaped recession, or an M-shaped recession," said Rep. John Olver.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference

Roger Bootle, the economic adviser for Deloitte, last night said a W-shaped recovery was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

In Fig. 32 a wide tube T was sealed to a smaller W-shaped tube U, of phosphorescent glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency] Reference

"You hear a lot less talk of W-shaped recoveries and double-dips than you did six months ago.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News]

'You hear a lot less talk of W-shaped recoveries and double-dips than you did six months ago.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

RBC Capital Markets, said: "It is hard to see a near-term recovery as anything more than W-shaped.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Standard - Home] Reference

The debate is whether it will be a V-shaped, fast recovery, a U-shaped slow recovery or a W-shaped, double-dip recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

W-shaped recovery, referring to the shape of a fever-line chart of certain economic measures, such as gross domestic product.    From Wordnik.com.  [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference

Loos said he would not rule out the possibility of a "W-shaped graph" where growth dipped a second time before climbing up again.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News] Reference

But, more than likely, we are dealing with a W-shaped recession, and we are near the end of the second leg ... and then down we go.    From Wordnik.com.  [BloggingStocks] Reference