Sluggishness Quotes

With still strong domestic demand and improving international demand, the factory sector is continuing to recover from the sluggishness that resulted from the Asian economic crisis. - Steven Wood

With mortgage interest rates projected to rise slightly to around 7.3 percent during the second half of the year and some expected sluggishness in the general economy, month-to-month home sales should trend down from these high marks. However, we expect a total of 5.15 million existing-home sales in 2001, making this year the second highest on record. - David Lereah

While there is some concern regarding the continued retail sluggishness this season, consumers have an additional two days this year to finish their holiday shopping, which may boost this season's final retail performance. - Michael Niemira

We were unable to sustain a high level of play throughout the match, having to fight off the sluggishness factor, but were still able to get the job done with contributions from a lot of people, a real positive. - Dwight Gingerich

We expect pressures to remain for the present. We're not kidding ourselves... As we look at the current near-term outlook there's sluggishness out there. However, the long-term picture is not entirely negative. The fundamentals for economy remain very positive for the industry as a whole. - Paul Ballew

We continue to be concerned with the recent pattern of (the company's) estimate reductions, sales sluggishness in the core personal-care division, increasing margin pressures and deteriorating working capital trends. - Douglas Lane

We believe this update is a combination of management's typical conservatism and sales sluggishness from the unusually warm weather. - Bill Dreher

Trends show a sharp surge on auto spending in July but little strength elsewhere... Most disturbing is the ongoing sluggishness for services. Demand there is hovering around (annual) gains of 2 percent. That won't create many jobs. - Robert Brusca

There's no question fatigue has played a role in our sluggishness. - Paul Woolpert

The teen retailers and some of the specialty retailers were the clear-cut winners. The department stores were modestly above expectations, with the higher end showing strong performance. The biggest area of sluggishness tended to be more in the lower-income segment. - Todd Jones