Sentences with phrase «average over a sustained period»

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That framework's been in place since the early 1990s, we have hit the target over that 20 year period, the average inflation rate's pretty close to 2.5 per cent, so we regard that as successful by the terms of the definition that we set ourselves and I think that's made a big contribution to economic stability more generally and I don't think it's an accident that that period of fairly low predictable inflation has coincided with pretty good sustained growth in the economy.

Finally, if we assume a sustained explosion in productivity growth to 2.8 % annually, joining the highest quintile of historical U.S. productivity growth rates for any 8 - year period, and assuming an unemployment rate of just 4 % in 2024, the result would still be real U.S. GDP growth averaging just 3.2 % annually over the next 8 years.

But the study looked at departures from average conditions over shorter time periods, and may not be a good indicator of how people will respond to sustained warming.

The analysis found, somewhat surprisingly, that only proceeding with lower cost, less carbon - intensive projects needed to satisfy demand in a carbon - constrained world will add over $ 100 billion to the value of the world's seven oil majors, unless oil prices spike beyond $ 100 a barrel for a sustained period of time — well over OPEC's long - term average assumption of around $ 80 a barrel.