The phrase "remained broadly stable" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that something has stayed relatively unchanged or consistent over a period of time. Example: Despite the fluctuations in the market, sales have remained broadly stable over the past year.
In all other countries, the number remained broadly stable.
It is understood, however, that the boost in sales has remained broadly stable through to the end of this week.
The report says: "Increases in CMD were driven by rises in women; the prevalence of CMD symptoms in men had remained broadly stable since 2000".
She said: "We knew from the disappointing figures in 2006-07 that we were unlikely to see reductions in the child poverty figures for 2007-08, but I'm pleased the rates have remained broadly stable".
Robert Gardner, chief economist at the building society, said the pace of growth remained broadly stable, but "the risks are skewed towards a modest acceleration in house price growth".
"While in previous years there has been consecutive quarterly growth in digital radio's share of total listening hours, quarterly figures from Rajar show that between quarter two 2013 and quarter two 2014 it has remained broadly stable," said the report.
The exchange rates for sterling and Swiss francs are also expected to remain broadly stable over the next year.
This coincided with the passing of the peak of the 1990s epidemic, resulting in heroin deaths falling from 2001 and remaining broadly stable until 2008.
Despite the short-term outlook for manufacturing remaining broadly stable, the continued downward slide in investment plans should keep policy makers alive to the potential risks facing the sector".
Or as another diarist, Vere Hodgson, prosaically but powerfully put it in 1949, "Oh, for a little extra butter!" The lessons of history can be overdone, but the austerity of the 1940s – a largely successfully managed operation, with society remaining broadly stable and cohesive – has four to teach us.
The litres of blood and the number of fist-sized hearts pumping it has remaining broadly stable for a century.
