Sentences with phrase «general economic malaise»

General economic malaise may keep those numbers down for now, but high gas prices seem to be accepted as the cost of doing business.

The chicle boom continued up until the Great Depression of the 1930s when it collapsed as a result of the general economic malaise and the development of synthetic substitutes for chewing gum base.

With the housing situation in turmoil and because of the general economic malaise, the Fed has been keeping interest rates low.

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Negative economic news and stats about sagging retail sales, a hemorrhaging automobile industry, a still - dormant housing market and a general malaise in business, the likes of which this generation has never experienced, were fostering a steep decline in consumer confidence.