subdue
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Crude has fallen 20% this year on prospects of an impending global supply glut and subdued demand.
Oppenheimer analysts, in a research note on Wednesday, also said that investors’ attitudes toward Nike remain “subdued.”
From MarketWatch
Investors are trading cautiously amid a subdued environment for crude oil prices, it adds.
The forlorn hors d’oeuvres and plastic cups of wine shortly after deadline under the conference room’s fluorescent lights kept things safely subdued.
With Federal Reserve officials indicating they were unlikely to lower borrowing costs for a fourth successive meeting, sentiment on trading floors has been subdued of late, compounded by worries over tech valuations and AI spending.
From Barron's
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