Stagnation

In economics, stagnation is a long period of slow or non-existent economic growth.

• The economic stagnancy of the Obama years is to blame for plummeting life expectancy rates among white, working-class Americans, according to former president Bill Clinton, who privately told Democratic donors that lower-income whites “don’t have anything to look forward to when they get up in the morning.” Leaked Bill Clinton Speech: Obama Years Left No Hope For White Working Class The Daily Caller, 11/07/2016