Sentence examples for a weak pace from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Private employers hired workers at a weak pace for the third straight month, making it likely that economic growth will slow further in the coming months.

The economy is likely to continue to grow at a weak pace in 2016, just as it did in 2015 and 2014.

The service sectors in China (pdf) and Britain expand at a weaker pace.

The economy grew at a weaker pace than previously thought in the last three months of 2000, the government said today.

The productivity of U.S. workers during the first quarter grew at a weaker pace than expected, as the economy slowed and demand for goods slackened, a government report Thursday showed.

Productivity is rising at a relatively weak pace.

That's a relatively weak pace that wouldn't spur robust job growth.

The statement, issued after a regular two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, acknowledged the weak pace of growth during the first half of the year, which it described as "modest" rather than "moderate" — the words are synonymous in English but distinct in the Fed's carefully calibrated lexicon, suggesting an even more lackluster economic performance.

Although the service sector has returned to growth, its weak pace of expansion reflects still-subdued domestic demand – especially from consumers – in many Eurozone countries, notably France and Italy.

"Rising gasoline prices tend to curb spending on discretionary service items like dining out, entertainment and consumer electronics, which given the weak pace of spending does not bode well for growth this quarter," Bloomberg economist Richard Yamarone wrote today, (via Barry Ritholtz).

The nation's economic output grew at a 1.8 percent annual rate in the first quarter, a much weaker pace that the 3.1 percent growth recorded in the fourth period.