weigh on

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Lennar LEN 5.68%increase; up pointing triangle lowered its full-year home deliveries target after reporting declining revenue in the second quarter, as difficult housing-market conditions continued to weigh on the company’s business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

BNP Paribas economists anticipate the recovery trend in capital expenditure to remain on track, unless critical supply chain bottlenecks emerge, which could drastically weigh on production and corporate revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Recent data, however, only shows “stabilization,” he said, pointing to decelerating wage growth, eroding real incomes and ongoing inflation pressures as factors likely to weigh on growth and drive Treasury yields lower.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

If the business falls short of investors’ lofty expectations, that dynamic could weigh on the stock.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

And the gloom began to weigh on his spirits.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien