In some countries, such as India and Indonesia, currencies remain weak because of trade deficits.
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Non-oil imports, however, remain weak, a sign that the economic slowdown continues in India.
The company is seeing a slowdown in consumer electronics, and housing and construction markets remain weak.
This late rally has helped the overall performance of corn, but soybeans and wheat remain weak.
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In the meantime, lending will anyway remain weak, until new bankruptcy and foreclosure laws are passed.
But they are likely to remain weak, disorganised and prone to desertions and infiltration.
The grimmer news is that Bosnia's federal institutions remain weak and their leadership poor.
Domestic demand, it said, would remain weak next year before picking up in 2014.
But even if rate cuts come later than anticipated the pound is set to remain weak for some time.
Exports remain weak and the government fears premature tightening could derail the recovery.
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The housing market remains week, appliance sales in consumer goods remain weak and broader concerns over the U.S. economy remain.
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But if the euro strengthens and economies remain weak, then the case for a rate cut will gain ground again.
The economy on a whole, Lockhart warned, may remain weak through June, possibly improving in the second half of the year.
Gartner thinks demand from the memory sector will remain weak through 2013.
Caterpillar sales, he says, should remain weak through June of next year.
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"We expect lending over the coming months to remain weak, " he added.
"Overall sentiment continues to remain weak, " said S. Sandilya, the group's president.
So good companies are getting stronger while the bad ones remain weak.
True, most formal global organisations, such as the United Nations, remain weak.
The firm said it expected its profits to rise to 50bn yen in the current financial year, with the yen forecast to remain weak.
There are hopes that as shipments to key markets recover and the yen continues to remain weak, Japan's export sector may see a sustained recovery.
As long as this continues, the American recovery will remain weak.
Despite all that, the eastern jobless rate (17.2% in June) is still twice that of the west, productivity is a good third lower, exports remain weak.
With demand from America and elsewhere likely to remain weak for at least the immediate future, that will leave Japan dependent on its feeble domestic economy.
Quantitative easing is also promoting recovery through a lower pound, which is particularly important for an economy whose domestic sources of demand are likely to remain weak.
Yet some indicators seem to show labor markets remain weak.
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The stock market rose above pre-U.S. downgrade lows during intraday trade on Monday, but immediate fundamentals remain weak and policy makers in Washington seem hog-tied to do much about.
In the short term, the USA, China, the Gulf and Japan are expected to contribute the bulk of the growth, while India and Europe are expected to remain weak.
Consumer spending is expected to remain weak in the New Year, owing to the impact of a rise in payroll taxes, also agreed as part of the fiscal cliff deal.
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