holding pattern

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“Canadian retail sales continue a holding pattern as support from lower interest rates faces headwinds from trade uncertainty,” said Shelly Kaushik, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The market will probably start off maybe slightly positive, but in a holding pattern until investors can digest these important data releases this week."

From Reuters

“He’s in a holding pattern like all of the other players,” Ferentz said, noting Shannon hasn’t practiced recently because of an injury.

From Seattle Times

“For now, the car manufacturers are in a holding pattern working out what do they need to do in order to comply by the end of this year and onwards.”

From Seattle Times

As the first pandemic lockdowns went into effect, researchers were in a holding pattern, waiting to hear if they could redirect their federal grants to COVID-related work.

From Seattle Times