"Looking forward from today, investors are dealing with the prospect of higher interest rates, persistently high energy prices and political uncertainty."

In states with large numbers of executions, murder rates remain persistently high.

Persistently high oil prices will keep adding to the nation's import bill in months to come.

This results in persistently high blood sugar, which, over time, can damage many body systems.

Hypertension is diagnosed when the patient has persistently high blood pressure.

Persistently high blood pressure, or hypertension, has been associated with an increased risk of stroke and heart attacks.

The country faces a persistently high inflation rate, now 7.6 percent, and a slowing economy.

That still represents a persistently high jobless rate for Germany of 9.3 percent.

But the weak data mean that Europe's biggest problem - persistently high levels of unemployment - is not about to go away soon.

Hypertension is diagnosed on the basis of a persistently high blood pressure.