Sentences with phrase «gradually accelerating rate»

Stanford scientists have found evidence that sections of the fault responsible for the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake that devastated northern Japan in 2011 were relieving seismic stress at a gradually accelerating rate for years before the quake.

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The U.S. economy probably added 185,000 jobs in March while wage gains accelerated, a survey of economists showed, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's case for continuing to increase interest rates gradually to keep inflation from overheating while keeping unemployment low.

He touted robust employment, low inflation and accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest rate to keep inflation in check.

As the cosmos expanded, matter gradually spread out, and its gravitational grip weakened, hitting a balance with dark energy about 5 billion years ago, causing the expansion to coast at a steady rate for a while, neither accelerating nor slowing down.

It's safe to predict that this trend will only accelerate as older generations with lower educational attainment rates are gradually replaced by new generations with higher attainment rates.

But because the Amazon rainforest itself plays a crucial role in regulating the climate worldwide, the rate of vegetation loss will gradually accelerate as there's less forest to maintain it.