quicken
verb (used with object)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, will proceed at an annual rate of a bit more than 6%; if anything, the pace will be quickening twelve months from now.
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