It is stagnating in classrooms, mosques and the dusty corridors of government.
Consumer spending rose 0.2percentt in the third quarter after stagnating in the second quarter.
"Over all, I think my life is stagnating in the right direction".
The key question is, of course, why inequality is stagnating in some countries.
In a speech in December, the second-ranking finance official, Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, said: "Our economy has been stagnating in the last decade.
But shortly after the recession, with growth stagnating in countries like the United States and in western Europe, the world's investors plowed money into emerging markets.
After stagnating in state hands for close to a decade, further delay in getting private-sector investment is the last thing they need.
Her old friends, still furious with her for doing a runner and not having the decency to come back even when Diana died, have stayed, stagnating, in "Cov".
ComScore, an online-measurement firm, had estimated that Google's paid clicks the number of times that web users click on its advertisements were stagnating in America.
And against a background of high inflation, the ongoing fiscal squeeze and the escalating eurozone crisis, we still see the economy stagnating in 2012 – or worse".
More to follow.... 9.00am BST With France's economy stagnating in the last quarter, it's no surprise that French consumers remain cautious.
