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(TNS)-- Consumers ramped up their spending in January at the fastest pace in eight months as incomes also continued to grow at a strong pace in a sign economic growth is improving after slowing at the end of last year.

Both Corvettes showed strong pace in the two practice sessions Friday ahead of qualifying.

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Also, equity raisings eased from their strong pace in late 2003, though the outlook is positive, with several large initial public offerings expected to take place over the next few months.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. nonfarm productivity increased at its strongest pace in 1-1/2 years in the second quarter, keeping wage inflation subdued for now.

Western Canada retook its lead in the country's growth tables last year, with Alberta recording the fastest expansion among the 10 provinces and British Columbia posting its strongest pace in more than a decade.

National accounts data show that growth in real household consumption in the second half of 2003 was 7 per cent on an annualised basis, the strongest pace in over 20 years.

June 27, 2012 • The 5.9 percent increase in pending home sales was well above expectations and matched their strongest pace in two years.

Manufacturing expanded in August at the strongest pace in more than three years.

OTTAWA — Higher pump prices helped the annual inflation rate stay in the upper half of the central bank's target range last month — but even without pricier gas, underlying inflation managed to reach its strongest pace in six years, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Existing - home sales surged for the third straight month in November and reached their strongest pace in almost 11 years.

Despite overall home sales maintaining their strongest pace in a decade, 2016 vacation home sales reported in at their lowest level since 2013.

«As the September housing scorecard indicates, our housing market is showing important signs of recovery — with homeowner equity at a four - year high and summer sales of existing homes at the strongest pace in two years,» says HUD Acting Assistant Secretary Erika Poethig.

Not exact matches

«After a strong rebound in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis, the pace of activity in the emerging markets has faded,» says Stephen King, HSBC's chief economist in the report.

Given the strong dollar and stress in trucking, the pace will quicken.

«Incoming information... confirms the strong and broad - based growth momentum in the euro area economy, which is projected to expand in the near - term at a somewhat faster pace than previously expected.»

If Barcelona or Catalonia lost the presence of large anchor companies, that would have an impact on the startup ecosystem, since large companies are customers and sources of talent and future founders,» he wrote, but the strong pace of acquisitions seems to point in the opposite direction.

There's a very strong and common tendency for entrepreneurs to put in 18 - hour days when starting a company, setting an ambitious pace with little thought given to rest.

«I really enjoyed this fast - paced novel that focuses on strong but flawed female protagonists set in two different time periods: World War I and post-World War II,» says «pricing geek» Casey Brown.

While he's predicting a strong expansion in China, Schultz isn't planning to speed up the pace of store openings.

We look forward to taking an already very strong brand and accelerating its pace of growth and opening new restaurants in the U.S. and around the world.»

That beat expectations for a 5.6 percent rise, and marked the strongest pace of quarterly growth in eight years.

Although consumer spending strengthened substantially in the second quarter, that stronger pace is unlikely to be sustained going forward.

The strong pace of apartment construction in the last five years has mitigated some of the supply problem, but most of the new apartments are in luxury buildings.

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The Commerce Department reported on Thursday that the economy grew by 3.2 percent in the final quarter of 2013, echoing the even stronger 4.1 percent pace of expansion in the summer months and providing the White House with a rare bit of good news despite dismal public approval ratings.

Job creation gathered pace across the manufacturing sector in April, as highlighted by the strongest upturn in payroll numbers since December 2014.

Analysts now believe a strong bounce in oil prices is due as inventories have been drawing at a «phenomenal» pace.

The funding by IAN will help us grow at faster pace and develop a stronger product,» Sanghera said in the statement.

Quebec's economy grew 3.1 per cent in 2017, the strongest pace for that province since 2000 and twice its rate of growth in 2016.

This likely reflects a number of positive factors, including: strong demand for workers that derives from a strong pace of sales for goods and services; employers» reluctance to lose employees, given the difficulty they would face in hiring replacement workers; and the fact that potential employees who lose or switch jobs are able to find new employment without suffering a spell of unemployment.

News that existing - home sales climbed to levels not seen in a decade helped bolster homebuilders generally, especially given that the increase was at an unexpectedly strong pace.

While growth should moderate from this rapid pace in 2004, early indications are that it will still be relatively strong.

The growth of domestic demand, though still strong, is likely to ease from the unusually rapid pace seen in the past couple of years.

In contrast, intermediated business borrowing has slowed, although, as noted in the section on the business sector, business funding from other sources continues at a strong pacIn contrast, intermediated business borrowing has slowed, although, as noted in the section on the business sector, business funding from other sources continues at a strong pacin the section on the business sector, business funding from other sources continues at a strong pace.

The core price index's 1.9 % year / year rise in March was up sharply from 1.6 % in February and the strongest pace since February.

Domestic demand, particularly private consumption, continues to grow at a solid pace, reflecting low interest rates and strong growth in household incomes.

An expected continuation of positive labour market conditions and strong growth in household income, coupled with falling petrol prices and further scheduled tax cuts in July, also point to the pace of consumption growth remaining firm.

Overall, most observers expect growth of the world economy, though not as strong as last year, to continue in 2005 at an above - average pace for the third successive year.

Overall, this summation concluded that the economy was growing at a modest to moderate pace, save for the Dallas District, which saw strong increases in activity.

A moderate recovery of car sales in the second half of the year gathered pace in December, according to the ACEA data, but wasn't strong enough to pull the industry into positive territory for the year.

While the growth of underlying intermediate imports has moderated from the exceptionally strong growth observed in the latter half of 1999, it continues to grow in line with the pace of growth of the domestic economy.

Activity in non-Japan Asia remained strong during the first half of 2000, though the pace of growth varied widely across countries; over the past year, growth has been strongest in Hong Kong, Korea and Malaysia and weakest in Indonesia (Table 1).

At the same time, growth in credit provided to households remained strong, despite easing from the rapid pace seen in 2003.

Growth in the region's exports has slowed from the very brisk pace earlier in 2004, but remains strong.

Even if the economy were to immediately begin producing 600,000 jobs a month — more than double the pace of the mid-to-late 1990s, when job growth was strong — it would take roughly two years to dig ourselves out of the hole we're in.

But a stronger euro could slow the pace of earnings growth among European companies, and other risks include politicians not delivering on reforms, the European Central Bank (ECB) winding back its stimulus too soon and renewed political instability in Italy.

Marathon's strong start to the year has it on pace to produce 25 % to 30 % more oil and gas from its U.S. resource plays in 2018 than it did last year.

Economic activity in the US has been rising at a moderate pace in spite of a strong labour market and record unemployment rate.

In east Asia, China continues to record strong growth, although elsewhere the pace of growth has generally slowed.