Sentence examples for sluggish activity from inspiring English sources

Healthy demand in America and Asia's big economies offset sluggish activity in Europe and Latin America.

The Federal Reserve Board's beige book of anecdotal dispatches on the economy, published on Wednesday, reported sluggish activity in many areas during October and early November.

The sluggish activity in the housing market is not unusual for August, as the property market tends to slow as people go on holiday.

But that burst followed two quarters of sluggish activity, and looks unlikely to be sustained.The ECB's monetary tightening was all the more uncalled for as countries on the periphery had to undertake fierce austerity programmes.

Despite Sluggish Activity, Deal Makers Are Optimistic  |  Nearly half of the more than 100 bankers and lawyers surveyed by the Brunswick Group, a public relations firm, believe merger activity will rise both worldwide and in North America this year.

Laptops hooked up to cameras on microscopes show the yeast's sluggish activity; when not being propagated, it appears to subdivide almost lazily.

While still sluggish, trading activity rose to 133.4 million shares, from 123.4 million on Thursday.

The dollar ended higher yesterday after seesawing on reports of sluggish economic activity and officials' statements.

Japanese banks have been looking to expand globally and increase fee revenue amid sluggish corporate activity at home.

ATTRACTIONS Downtown Main Street has been a disappointment to local business people, who had invested heavily in hopes that the Olympics would stimulate sluggish retail activity.

Downtown Main Street has been a disappointment to local business people, who had invested heavily in hopes that the Olympics would stimulate sluggish retail activity.