Sentences with phrase «proceeding at a snails pace»

Since the Fed announced their balance sheet unwind last year, the actual process had been proceeding at a snails pace, particularly with the mortgage - backed securities portfolio.

Not exact matches

Vertebrate evolution generally proceeds at far less than a snail's pace, making study of the process in living animals difficult at best.

But the story is a mess, and proceeds at a snail's pace in spite of the almost nonstop action (how is that possible?).

Over four years and hundreds of sick and dead pets since their first warning to consumers, the FDA continues to proceed at a snail's pace investigating just what the problem is with chicken jerky treats from China.

However, no small amount of acrimony has developed around the process, as Jerusalem's light rail system has bogged down into enormous delays and cost overruns, and Tel Aviv's mythical subway project proceeds at a snail's pace while traffic and air pollution increase exponentially.

As the parties» snail - paced walk proceeds across the field, and as the money flows out of their pockets, all too often, at the point when the parties» financial resources are exhausted, they raise their heads, look across the field, and discover that the other side — whence rests the final decision on their dispute — remains elusively distant and beyond their practical reach.