"lingering crisis" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It can be used to describe a situation or issue that has been ongoing and has not been resolved or improved. Example: Despite efforts to address the economic downturn, the country still faces a lingering crisis of unemployment and poverty.
It has a lingering crisis over nuclear power.
Still, power shortages and the lingering crisis at the earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant cloud the overall picture.
Separate surveys of merchants and businesses around Japan likewise have shown that companies are intensely worried about how the disaster and the lingering crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will affect their sales, earnings and production capacities.
Fed officials will convene Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether the economy needs more help amid considerable uncertainty about the rate of domestic growth and about the impact of the latest developments in Europe's lingering crisis.
When the unemployment rate rose in most states last month, it underscored the extent to which the deep recession, the anemic recovery and the lingering crisis of joblessness are beginning to reshape the nation's economic map.
The lingering crisis has left the government struggling to agree on another round of cuts to further diminish the country's bloated public sector and win urgently needed international bailout money.
This at a time when suffering from a lingering economic crisis continues to grow, when cities and states are mired in crisis and slashing public services -- and while Obama's defense secretary is opposing relatively minor spending cuts agreed to in last year's budget deal.
It includes a lingering financial crisis in Greece, a creaking banking sector in Italy, a pan-European refugee crisis that could escalate with another hot summer, sluggish economic growth, a lack of jobs in the Eurozone area (particularly for young Europeans), the fraught Brexit negotiations and the challenge from populism.
The lingering economic crisis has crippled public morale, and young people despair of finding work.
But the lingering economic crisis has failed to spur any meaningful recent action in Washington, mayors said in interviews.
The lingering mortgage crisis has finally reached the bankruptcy courts in a substantial way with the filing of Residential Capital's Chapter 11 case on Monday.
