doldrums

ˈdɒldrəmz

noun

a state or period of stagnation or depression.

the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years

depression,melancholy,gloom,gloominess,glumness,downheartedness,dejection,despondency,dispiritedness,heavy-heartedness,heartache,unhappiness,sadness,misery,woe,dismalness,despair,pessimism,hopelessness,inertia,apathy,listlessness,malaise,boredom,tedium,ennui,low spirits,blues,blahs,inactive,quiet,slow,slack,sluggish,subdued,stagnant,static,inert,flat,dull