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weigh

[wey] / weɪ /




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Higher inflation in Germany would hit consumer spending, the institutes said, weighing on an already weak economy that has barely grown since a burst of pent-up demand after the Covid pandemic in 2022.

From Barron's

That association is one thing weighing on bank stocks, which have underperformed the broader market.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last-day gains didn’t stop the S&P 500 from tallying its worst first quarter since 2022 as the Iran conflict, private-credit worries and the AI ‘scare trade’ weighed on stocks in March.

From The Wall Street Journal

Participants recorded everything they ate using a mobile app and weighed themselves daily with a wireless scale.

From Science Daily

For its fiscal fourth quarter, which runs through May, Nike expects sales to fall 2% to 4%, weighed down by weaker trends in its Converse segment and difficulties in China, whose economy has been shaky.

From MarketWatch