Many in the housing industry are wondering not only what today's home buyers really want, but also what they are ready to leave behind in light of current economic realities. (rismedia.com)
Both are set in small towns, and each is a comedy of straitened circumstances, which might have something to do with current economic realities, though given the usual relation of invented TV to the actual world might also be just a coincidence. (articles.latimes.com)
3 M, which makes everything from Scotch tape to coatings for LCD screens and is an economic bellwether, reduced its profit expectations for this year because of «current economic realities.» (cnbc.com)