Sentence examples for a sluggish trend from inspiring English sources

The Japan Airlines chairman, Masaru Onishi, said that airline's Europe-bound cargo volume from Japan and the rest of Asia was down about 5 percent from the level of a year ago, continuing a sluggish trend that began in April.

All told, Goldman expects a "sluggish trend" of about 2.5% growth for several years.

The ONS said that the "bumpy economy" was on a "sluggish trend".

The decline is part of a recent sluggish trend that has convinced some economists that globalisation has stalled in recent years.

Recognizing the sluggish trend, the European Central Bank reduced interest rates by half a percentage point on Dec. 5.

Autos are back to their sluggish trend, even as consumption of everything except autos increases.

We feel such an assumption will come to fruition by way of stronger denim sales; we have noticed industry momentum in denim recently, after a year of sluggish trends.

Scores increased only marginally for eighth graders and not at all for fourth graders, continuing a sluggish six-year trend of slowing achievement growth since passage of the law, which requires schools to bring 100percentt of students to reading and math proficiency by 2014.

Cruise line reservation trends seem to be sailing along this month following a sluggish May.

In a report published last week on long-term economic trends, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development said Japan would continue to grow at a sluggish rate, its share of the global economy falling far behind that of fast-growing China and India.

As a result, knitwear has been the bright spot in a sluggish retail environment, says Roseanne Morrison, fashion director at the Doneger Group, a source of global market trends and merchandising strategies for the retail and fashion industry.