A few months back there was reason to hope that Chinese authorities were modestly expanding the limits of acceptable political debate.

Those expectations suffered when the Fed reported that a survey of its 12 district banks showed the economy was "stable to modestly expanding."

Strictly speaking, Romer was correct: most economic forecasters are predicting that the economy will expand modestly in the fourth quarter, which would mark an end to the recession.

Manufacturing output expanded modestly during these years, growing by 8.2 percent in 1978, 9.3 percent in 1979, and 8.2 percent in 1980.

Changes over the prewar models were minor, but a spare tire was now included and the options list expanded modestly.

The economy may be expanding modestly, even adding some jobs at last, but big companies are continuing to cut - a trend that promises to keep the pace of recovery slow.

UK services sector is still expanding modestly.

The monthly report showed that the sector expanded modestly in November and at a slightly faster pace than in October.

The Economy Economic activity is "stable to modestly expanding" in most areas of the county, a Federal Reserve survey found.

It would modestly expand the exclusion zones and make other changes, including capping the tax break for apartments with a value over $1 million.