0 an occasion when a person or vehicle comes down from the air to the ground without difficulty or damage
1 a period when economic growth slows down, but the economy does not enter recession:
Several reasons can be adduced to explain this ' soft landing ' in the macro-economy.
It is also important to ensure the 'soft landing' of patients in their own community following vocational retraining and to equip patients with the knowledge required to prevent complications.
It is in everybody's interest to have a soft landing in order to avoid disturbances to the sector.
We are going through a difficult transition: we know about the soft landing and decoupling, and other innovative measures.
In terms of a soft landing, we need to find a long-term strategy and alternative outlets for regions such as this.
This will give these areas a soft landing, when they come off regional support.
Reports in the local financial press and from various organisations refer to a soft landing for our economy.
So far, that has worked successfully to produce not the recession that people feared six months ago, but, hopefully, a soft landing.
