Wage levels then stagnated as economic growth slowed. Mineral production has stagnated since a slump began in the mid-1980s. So the employment had stagnated which resulted in employment rate decline. Partly as a result, wages have stagnated and income inequality has increased. Since then, the city has stagnated economically and its demography has plunged. The economy stagnated until the late 1990s. American casualties soared and the peace process stagnated. By the mid-1970s, the NF's membership had stagnated and in several areas declined. For the wider Japanese workforce, wages have stagnated. The city stagnated economically during the Maoist era. The German economy practically stagnated in the beginning of the 2000s. General strikes were common and the economy stagnated. Prior to this, population and the economy had stagnated. The policy had devastating effects and the economy stagnated. The policy had devastating effects, and the economy stagnated.