From 2004 to 2009, while online retail sales increased at an average annual rate of 16%, online apparel sales increased by 19% annually (data not available for 2010-2012).

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Prices increased at an average annual rate of 9% between 2000 and 2009.

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The size of the monetary base, which the Fed controls absolutely, increased at an average annual rate of 6.35%.

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As a result, its subscriber base has increased at an average annual rate of just 0.4% for the past five years.

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Revenue per share increased at an average annual rate of 16.7%, and EBITDA grew at an average annual rate of 15.3%.

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During the above mentioned period, full-time equivalent weighted average tuition increased by an annual real rate of 3.3 percent, outpacing the growth in student aid over the period.

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In contrast, during 15 calendar quarters starting with 4Q2008 and ending with 2Q2012, the monetary base increased at an average annual rate of 31.90%, while NGDP rose at only 2.2%.

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As Ireland cut its corporate income tax rate in a series of steps from 50.0% in 1987 to 12.5% in 2003, it increased its average annual real GDP growth rate from 2.3% to 7.9%.

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The company's average daily production has increased during the period by a compound annual growth rate of 96%, and it aims to drill as many as 67 wells this year.

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After Kennedy reduced the tax rate from over 90% to 70%, tax revenues increased by an annual average of almost 9%.

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