Sentence examples for sluggish environment from inspiring English sources

Asked to address the concerns of the aid agencies, Froman said: "We've seen, even in this sluggish environment, our commitment to food security go up, and even while other things have had to be cut.

It's about combining aid with private capital, tools to scale innovation and strategies for managing risk". Asked to address the concerns of the aid agencies, Froman said: "We've seen, even in this sluggish environment, our commitment to food security go up, and even while other things have had to be cut.

In this sluggish environment, old economy companies like General Motors cut prices to keep factories running and cash flowing.

If your view is that the sluggish environment remains and rates [stay] low, then real estate is attractive from a yield perspective.

But Prudential noted that Lam's highly variable business model will continue to provide impressive leverage "in what we expect will be a sluggish environment".

Time Warner's own properties have faced a sluggish advertising environment.

On a positive note, consumer confidence remains a bright spot in what is otherwise a sluggish economic environment.

"Our central case is that interest rates will remain lower for longer in a sluggish growth environment," he said.

But executives remained cautious, like the chairman and chief executive of Macy's, Terry J. Lundgren, who said he was seeing "some challenges from a sluggish macroeconomic environment".

The Knight Trading Group, the large Nasdaq share dealer, said yesterday that it was cutting its second-quarter earnings estimate in half as a result of a sluggish market environment and lower trading volume.

Hurt by the European debt crisis, a sluggish economic environment at home and the introduction of new regulations that have threatened once-profitable business lines, the nation's largest banks had a weak 2011.