Growth over this 11-year period averaged only about 2.6 percent.

During the same period in 2002, the rate averaged 4.36 percent.

Real growth rates have averaged 5 percent for the last four years.

But they averaged 3.3 percent more than a year ago.

But during the last ten years they have averaged 12.25 percent.

"It should average 9 to 10 percent throughout the rest of the decade."

Since last year, it has averaged more than 5 percent.

However, for the last 25 years economic growth has averaged 2.5 percent.

Growth in the first half of the year averaged 1.2 percent.

Since then, growth has averaged less than 3 percent a year.