Japanese stocks fell Wednesday, a day after the central bank approved a new lending program to boost the country's stagnant economy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

The national budget has not been passed, the economy is stagnant, and development is at a standstill in one of the world's poorest nations.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"China has very impressive energy demand growth going forward. The United States has stagnant growth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Jeff Kingston, Asia studies professor at the Tokyo campus of Temple University, says many voters blamed the defeated Liberal Democratic Party for the nation's stagnant growth.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The number of visits from Western European countries is expected to remain stagnant.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

The fact there is no clear-cut front-runner, as is the norm in more stagnant, authoritarian states nearby, has led many voters to seize their chance to make a difference.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

Indeed,volatile food prices, population growth, low agricultural productivity and the potentially devastating effects of climate change make it a particularly daunting challenge. The IFAD president says over the past 30 years, agricultural productivity in developing countries has been stagnant or in decline. He blames it on years of under-investment.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29