The economy has been growing most recently at around 3% per year.

The economy has been growing at a 3.5 percent rate for the past six months.

In the late 1980s, the economy was growing at more than 10% a year.

The economy has been growing this year at close to 4 percent.

The Chinese economy has been growing by 9% a year for the last 25 years.

After all, the economy grew at an average rate of 3.6 percent between 1982 and 1989.

More people have jobs and health insurance when an economy is growing.

The economy grew in the mid-1980's by 7 and 8 percent a year.

However, during the same period the Japanese economy has been growing at about 3% per year.

For a number of years, the European economy has been growing at a rate less than its full potential.