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There's a time lag between when you see a stop sign and when your foot steps on the brake.
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In other words, the Reagan-era tax cuts and deregulation did not spur productivity growth, even allowing for a time lag.
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Edward Conard, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
Registrations of new Teslas, which closely reflect sales with a minor time lag, collapsed by 36% in the first four months of this year.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
First: Data is scarce; if available, there is often a time lag, geographical gaps or data biases.
—Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
The hope for Democratic strategists is that voters’ negative feelings about the economy result mostly from a time lag — and that memories of the rapid inflation of 2022 and early 2023 will soon fade.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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Edward Conard, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
Registrations of new Teslas, which closely reflect sales with a minor time lag, collapsed by 36% in the first four months of this year.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
First: Data is scarce; if available, there is often a time lag, geographical gaps or data biases.
—Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
The hope for Democratic strategists is that voters’ negative feelings about the economy result mostly from a time lag — and that memories of the rapid inflation of 2022 and early 2023 will soon fade.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Time lag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20lag. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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