Still, manufacturers warned that growth would continue to slacken, as orders and shipments were sluggish or declined in many regions.
If the quality continues to slacken and viewers are jumping off their sinking ships, they could be the captains that go down with them.
Ms. Kozloff and Mr. Zandi said they expected consumer spending to continue to slacken because of rising interest rates, higher home heating prices, an uncertain stock market and an increase in online shopping.
As sanctions continue to slacken, the competition between Europeans over the Iranian market could become quite fierce.
Today, with cannabis laws continuing to slacken around the world and the stigma and dangers once associated with getting high dissipating, pot smokers will soon have even more leeway to get creative with their fluid selections.
PYONGYANG / GENEVA, 16 February 2003 - Malnutrition rates among children in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have improved considerably over the past four years, according to a new survey, but the UN agencies that announced the findings today said the gains could be lost if international support for humanitarian assistance to the country continues to slacken.
The pace of her gunfire started to slacken, though she continued to score hits on Invincible.
In the past, the maker of that film, Hu Jie, has described being visited by state security agents who asked about his work, yet, in a sign of how China's control of filmmaking has slackened from a decade ago, Hu has continued to make films.
Output continued to fall in Italy and Spain but the rate of decline slackened to 0.2% and 0.1% respectively.
Despite the slackening in the United States stock markets since the Nasdaq took a dive in April, Goldman and other securities firms have continued to reap extraordinary profits, especially from underwriting and advising on mergers in Europe.
This ambition stems from the Indian economy, which, even with a recent slackening, continues to grow at a faster rate than other large economies.
