Sentence examples for modest pace in from inspiring English sources

"Household spending has been increasing at only a modest pace in recent months".

At the same time, a private survey showed that businesses kept hiring at a modest pace in July, suggesting a possible improvement in the job market.

Household spending has been increasing at only a modest pace in recent months despite some recovery in sales of motor vehicles as supply-chain disruptions eased.

Job growth also continued at a steady if modest pace in January, with employers adding 157,000 payroll positions, though the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent.

Britain's manufacturing sector grew at a modest pace in January as a rise in domestic demand offset a fall in export orders, figures showed today.

In its anecdotal survey of economic conditions across the country, the central bank said most regions "continued to expand" at a "modest" pace in late January and most of February.

"Growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of the year," its statement said.

The economy continues to grow at a modest pace, and in recent weeks companies have asked employees to work longer hours, as often happens shortly before new hiring begins.

The French economy also saw business activity increase for a second month, although at a slightly more modest pace than in February, when it hit a 42-month high.

Managers reported prices rising more steeply than was the case across the UK as a whole, while recruitment was continuing at a modest pace, mostly in the service sector.

The data "provide further evidence that the currency union continued to expand in the third quarter, albeit at a pretty modest pace," Jonathan Loynes, an economist in London with Capital Economics, wrote in a research note.