economic distress meaning in English

经济不景气

But now , resource cities are in their mid - and later - term of resources exploitation , and in most of these cities , the economic development is slowing down and falling into economic recession due to the sharp reduction of the dependent resources , economic distress of enterprises and deterioration of the ecological environment
但目前我国资源型城市大都进入了资源开采的中后期,由于城市发展所依赖的自然资源锐减,企业经济危困,生态环境恶化,致使这些城市大多数经济发展缓慢,面临衰退的困境。