Experts can downshift in anticipation of curves, even as they brake.
The Nittany Lions' fast-paced offense appeared to downshift in recent weeks, with Clark in particular struggling.
They move with each other, of course, but it also looks as though the steady downshift in NGDP growth from the 1990s to the 2000s to the 2010s is matched by a downshift in employment growth.
The recent downshift in the economy has dealt a powerful blow to President Obama's chances of re-election in November.
The downshift in wages, however, is not G.E.'s only explanation for the rise in domestic production.
About an hour in, the lawyer starts showing the witness documents, and there is a sudden downshift in the direction of caginess.
The Fed is concerned that the collapse of mortgage lending during the financial crisis is hardening into "a potentially long-term downshift in the supply of mortgage credit".
"The economy will have adjusted to the downshift in federal spending by then, and Europe won't be decelerating as rapidly, nor will China and Japan," he said.
His Flushing staccato can come rapid-fire, but he can also downshift in a moment, his voice slowing, as if freighted with compassion.
One is the steady downshift in global growth since 2010 (which, to be fair, was one of the best annual global growth performances ever).
"When you get a downshift in growth there is a risk that it will feed on itself," the chief economist at MF Global, James F. O'Sullivan, said.
