In the face of relatively stagnant markets, volatile prices and declining terms of trade, investment dropped further, diversification stalled and productivity remained stagnant.

For two decades, as one Asian economy after another boomed, Japan s economy remained virtually stagnant.

Stagnant and Paralyzed

Both in Africa and the Arab region, intraregional trade remained mostly stagnant for decades representing some 10 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, of their trade volume.

But gold is stagnant, while capital is productive.

Whole regions the Urals and Mordovia, for example are stagnant.

In the early 1960s, the Czechoslovak economy became severely stagnant.

Persistently weak labor productivity growth has created a situation in which unit labor costs do not fall, even if real wages remain stagnant or decline. Indeed, despite a 1.3 drop in real wages in 2011, unit labor costs remained unchanged.

Crucially for Europe, world trade has been virtually stagnant in recent months.

Aid to the poorest countries is stagnant, despite years of promised increases.

The developing world was growing nicely, while the advanced countries were virtually stagnant.

Kaldor s argument was based on the erroneous premise that services were technologically stagnant.

The result has been a disaster in Africa, with farm productivity stagnant for decades.

It is a necessary but insufficient first step for overhauling Egypt s stagnant political system.

But if prices remain stagnant at current levels, Putin s system is doomed to failure.

As the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has put it, those who argue in favor of cultural identity and against globalization, betray a stagnant attitude towards culture that is not borne out by historical fact. Do we know of any cultures that have remained unchanged through time?

The everyday consequence for the middle class is a stagnant paycheck and growing job insecurity.

With incomes stagnant, households were encouraged to borrow, especially against home equity, to maintain consumption.

That, in turn, allows Gazprom to boost its profitability through price increases, despite stagnant production.

Stagnant growth and emigration are two of the main factors causing division in the Americas.

Closed political systems and stagnant economies in the Muslim world, they contend, are symptoms, not causes.

Employing workers in sectors where their productivity is stagnant would not be a recipe for social stability.

Without growth, tax revenues will remain stagnant, and the capacity to service debts will continue to erode.

In countries coming out of war or other conflicts, efforts at inclusion are futile in stagnant economies.

Hizb al ghad recently produced a 48 page draft constitution, aimed at reviving Egypt s stagnant political life.

توفى عصر اليوم بمدينة صنكرافه أقصى شرقى لبراكنه الشاب سيدى محمد ولد أحمد لعياس غرقا فى المياه الراكدة التى خلفتها الأمطار الأخيرة على المنطقة. Sidi Mohamed Ahmed Layas died this afternoon in Sankrafah (far East Brakna). He drowned in the stagnant water that remained from the recent rainfall over the region.

Yet workers share of the pie is falling, thanks to high unemployment, shortened working hours, and stagnant wages.

On the economic front, the country is emerging from a lengthy crisis, during which its economy was stagnant.

This pressure on the peripheral countries to deflate their already stagnant economies is turning into the eurozone s greatest challenge.

After years of stagnant growth, the German economy has been growing at an annual rate of about 2.5 in 2006.

But, given the stagnant state of Russian science and technology, even the best Russian equipment nowadays seems out of date.

Median incomes have been stagnant or even falling for the last 30 years, even as per capita GDP has grown.

However, in sub Saharan Africa and Latin America poverty reduction has been stagnant, and in Western Asia poverty has actually increased.

Some meat remained.

With uncertainty plaguing Europe s finances and China slowing, the last thing the global economy needs is a stagnant or shrinking US economy.

With uncertainty plaguing Europe s finances and China slowing, the last thing the global economy needs is a stagnant or shrinking US economy.

In 1986, Zambians in the Copperbelt and Lusaka regions rioted because the price of maize increased several fold when incomes were stagnant.

Despite these positive developments, serious problems remained, and salaries, pensions and student scholarships remained unpaid.

The boy remained silent.

The boy remained silent.

The investigation remained open.

Structural foundations remained intact.

Domestic politics remained volatile.

Indeed, subprime mortgage lending delivered illusory wealth increases to Americans at a time when they were suffering from stagnant or falling real wages.

Cutting growth rates by 40 70 is surely a recipe for stagnant societies with insufficient growth to satisfy private wants and public needs.