In 2011, their growth rates reached 7.6 percent, 5.5 percent, and 5.9 percent, respectively.
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That compares with annual growth rates of 8% or more for much of the previous decade.
The fastest growth rates are to be found in Africa, albeit from a low base.
Such growth rates can be achieved with empirically proven policies such as the gold standard.
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Now, of course growth rates were higher in the past in part because of higher inflation.
Apple and RIM also posted the highest-growth rates among the top 5 vendors last quarter.
With growth rates like that, in fledgling markets, you really have an astounding investment opportunity.
But the industry is finding it difficult to sustain growth rates in the developing markets.
As events turned out, Stiglitz was wrong on everything: growth rates, borrowing rates, stock prices, etc.
For sub-Saharan Africans to do the same, consumption growth rates need to reach 2.1%.
If you want unemployment to stay high, just lock in 2% annual growth rates.
Europe is also in a recession, and Asia's growth rates are slowing down markedly.
Nor is the business likely to return to the 20%-plus growth rates of the 1990s.
Growth rates had come down, margins were compressed and Cisco was facing these issues.
They all have faster growth rates and much less debt than the developed countries.
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At current growth rates data centers will consume 3% of global electricity supply by 2010.
If we want to return to high growth rates, we must return to a stable dollar.
In contrast, the GDP growth rates for the hip, dense metro areas lagged behind.
This helps explain why these countries' growth rates have slowed over the past decade.
If Brazil wants to continue fiscal policies that guarantee below- potential growth rates, that's its choice.
Free cash flow growth rates combined with shareholder yield measures will dominate equity returns going forward.
After all, the currently strong comparable-store growth rates generally make for tougher comparisons later.
This is the exact opposite of what is needed, exacerbating the divergence in growth rates.
Bank credit growth rates across Hungary also plummeted due to the hefty bank levies imposed.
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Americans are keenly interested in health and retirement benefits, whereas Indians emphasise growth rates and innovation.
It has five year growth rates of 12.9% for revenue, 19.6% for EBITDA and 49.7%.
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Emerging-market countries often experience significant turbulence and instability, with wide swings in annual growth rates.
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The activities of the Digital Business Unit are expected to generate double-digit growth rates until 2015.
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But even there, with growth rates close to China's, the picture is not entirely rosy.
And dividend stocks often have higher growth rates than nondividend stocks, says Mr. Trennert.
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