Also, a gradual increase in rates is not always a negative for the stock market.
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Car sales in the U.S. are picking up with a gradual improvement in the economy.
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He said he expected to see a gradual economic recovery in the second part of 2013.
China will continue on its policy of a gradual appreciation of the renminbi against the dollar.
The biggest functional improvement in Amazon's e-reader may, in fact, have been a gradual one.
There will be a gradual introduction from 2016 to 2019 for species including North Sea cod.
Fox's response: a gradual reduction of the corporate tax rate to 30% from 34%.
Meanwhile, Mr Thaci underwent a gradual process of transformation from left-wing guerrilla to mainstream political leader.
These were on a gradual upward trend well before 2003, and show no acceleration after that.
Some cause a gradual deterioration, while others lead to bouts of illness, followed by partial recovery.
This distance-related decline is strong evidence of a gradual shift from muon-to tau-flavoured neutrinos.
"The 60s and 70s saw a gradual intensification, " explained team member Dr Fred Worrall of Durham University.
However, the government's efforts to advance reforms since September has helped improve prospects for a gradual recovery.
Then, we would expect a gradual net decline to set in, moving downwards slowly for many years.
Another tool, called Radial Filter, adjusts levels for a highlighted area while adding a gradual, natural-looking shift.
"It's a gradual process, when a hospital discharges a chronic patient to his home, " Dr Noy said.
Boeing, however, says it expected the deal to lead to a gradual reduction in subsidies to Airbus.
These above-average returns can persist if the decline is a gradual process and is not fully anticipated.
Mahan thinks a gradual creep of automated features will lay the foundations for blind drivers to become acceptable.
Iran's repeated failure to ease international concerns has led to a gradual tightening of economic and political sanctions.
Last October Russia and Ukraine agreed to make a gradual transition to market prices and long-term direct contracts.
And even if the tax movement returns, it will likely be only a gradual drag on U.S. sales.
Since then, there has been a gradual relaxation of the old curfews, dress codes and other social prohibitions.
Housing is stabilizing with a gradual decline in inventory of unsold homes and single family permits up 21.7%.
Despite a well diversified and large economy, a gradual loss of competitiveness has eroded its export-oriented industrial base.
It's a gradual process of China's coming out, of China's travelers being exposed to more of the international world.
But even here, a gradual reform of the state sector is under way.
In Britain it's generally a gradual process of service and promotion over many years, and often decades, before leading a political party.
"Studying language is a gradual thing, " advises Chen Shu, a professor of English at the Beijing Foreign Studies University.
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