stagnant
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What the firm couldn’t have foreseen was that demand for electricity, which had long been stagnant, would also surge.
KB Home KBH -0.30%decrease; red down pointing triangle delivered fewer homes and narrowed its profit in the fourth quarter as the stagnant housing market continued to eat into the home builder’s finances.
Increased reliance on credit has become an unfortunate necessity for many in an environment of thin household savings, stagnant real wages, stubborn inflation.
From Barron's
After years of stagnant economic growth, Europeans are enthusiastic buyers.
The tepid outlook "indicates that earnings will likely remain stagnant or decline slightly as the company digests the Metsera deal and ramps up R&D," Briefing.com said in its note.
From Barron's
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