Sentence examples for sluggish construction from inspiring English sources

These include but are not limited to: sequestration; declining small business start-ups and job creation, a sluggish construction industry; lack of break-through innovations; and, the structure of our economic rewards system.

On the negative side, autos are sluggish domestically, construction materials for the residential market are pretty weak, things like appliances and furniture are somewhat weak".

Trane, which was acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 2008, has suffered in the sluggish U.S. construction market.

Only sluggish building permits, a signal of future home construction, pulled down the measure.

This follows Wednesday's miserable manufacturing figures, and data showing sluggish growth in construction yesterday.

Like the rest of the housing market, however, condo hotels are not immune to the slowdown, and several projects, after splashy sales releases, have quietly curtailed building plans because of sluggish sales and rising construction costs.

While the economy was sluggish between 2000 and 2003, construction expanded at over 5% a year.

Due to the lack of construction and the sluggish economy, Chicago unions were desperate to find work for their employees as they faced near 30% unemployment.

Fed up with sluggish drains and similar building breakdowns, he preferred new construction.

Consumer spending has been the driving force behind Britain's economic recovery, making up for a sluggish manufacturing sector and recession-scarred construction industry.

By contrast, "real demand in the major consuming nations is sluggish, with declining industrial output and weakening construction".