There is, though, still no clear evidence about the impact on consumers of the latest market volatility, which has itself posed a challenge for the authorities.
This replacement indicator, though, still suggests "sluggish growth rather than recession, " he wrote in a recent note, similar to the story told by the official GDP data.
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The one anomaly was last season, when Robin van Persie's move to Manchester United was only the ninth priciest, though, still four of the top 20 movers were central strikers.
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For pathos, though, we still have Gollum, the damned and slimy soul (voiced again by Andy Serkis), who lurks in the dark and loses what he loves.
America, though, is still in denial about house prices, judging by our favourite measure of whether homes are fairly valued, the ratio of house prices to rents.
For now, though, it still has a few additional hurdles to overcome, namely consumer perception (the NHTSA estimates self-driving cars could reduce crashes by 80 percent) and possible WiFi interference from the whitespace spectrum freed up by the FCC.
Under Vallas, elementary school reading and math test scores, though still low, are at seven-year highs.
In February, the unemployment rate, though still high, reached its lowest point since December 2008.
AIDS, though still incurable, seldom nowadays means imminent death, and malaria kills hardly anyone.
And the emotional costs of leaving home, though still hefty, are much lighter than they were.
Traffic congestion, though still bad, is for the first time not getting worse.
But after 35 years paying in, a man of any age can retire on a smaller, though still generous, pension.
Unemployment, though still high, has dropped sharply over the past few years.
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The housing market, though still weak, has hopeful signs: Home builders' sentiment rose to the highest level in nearly five years in February.
More common, though still infrequently, Mr. Doyle said engineers notice an unusual bump or hitch in the rails as they drive along, and flag a potential problem before it can cause an accident.
The voting power of small countries, though still disproportionately large, has been diluted a little.
The morning coat, a pared-down frock coat, though still very fitted, set the trend for smaller coats.
There is a palpable sense that the capital, though still highly polarized, has grown weary of endless budget wars.
But Mr Cohn-Bendit, though still a maverick, is not just a media-loving clown.
The next morning, my fever had subsided, though I still felt weak, not as steady on my feet as before.
By 2011, Mr. Gates, though still Microsoft chairman, had for years focused most of his time on his huge charitable foundation.
Stigma and fear, though slowly subsiding, still deter far too many people from getting tested, so hampering both prevention and treatment.
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By contrast, 3.2% growth implies at least modest, though still unacceptably slow, reductions in the unemployment rate and some increase in living standards.
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The system has been running since 2005 and can be judged a success in that tiger numbers, though still worryingly low, have been inching slightly higher.
Thanks to these factories, Mississippi County has gone from a completely agricultural economy to one in which cotton, though it still grows here, is balanced by industry.
The nickel from the state, though shrunken, is still significant.
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The app, though still in beta, is already quite polished.
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