GDP growth remained above potential for the third consecutive year .

The country ended 2008 with its ninth straight year of growth, but growth has slowed with the decline in the price of oil and gas.

Despite a slowdown in import growth in 2003 , foreign trade made a negative contribution to real GDP growth for the eighth year in a row .

Real GDP growth projections After a deep recession , the euro area posted a second consecutive quarter of positive real GDP growth in the last quarter of 2009 .

Re election for a consecutive term is not allowed.

For the third straight year, the final was against the United States.

Each party ruled the country for 10 years.

Their opponents this time in the divisional playoffs were the Dallas Cowboys, making it the third consecutive year the teams faced each other in the playoffs.

The album became the fifth consecutive Madonna album to top the chart.

Changes in inventories appear to have made a significant contribution to total GDP growth for the second consecutive year , although this may be seen partly as a result of statistical discrepancies , pointing to upward revisions to final domestic demand components of growth in the future .

2000 brought an increase in revenue of 9 and net income of 39 with ABC and ESPN leading the way and Parks and Resorts marking its sixth consecutive year of growth.

The first two games in San Antonio were split but the Heat fell to the Spurs 4 1, failing to 3 peat.

The Bulls reached 40 wins, and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

For the fourth straight year, the Knicks were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

The Lakers reached the Finals for the third year in a row, where Johnson's Lakers and Bird's Celtics met for the first time in the post season.

The EU banking sector remained resilient , albeit challenged for a third consecutive year by subpar economic growth in 2003 . It absorbed the adverse effects of a less benign than expected environment .

One Day on Earth is documenting videos of the world for the 2nd year in a row.

The album debuted at number one in UK and spent four consecutive weeks at the top position.

The song became her third consecutive single to top the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States.

For the fourth successive year , net trade in goods and services provided a positive , albeit small , stimulus to growth , underpinned by subdued growth in relative unit labour costs and , as a result , improvements in competitiveness . The rise in domestic demand was linked to an improvement in investment growth and an increase in stockbuilding , while growth in private consumption was unchanged and government consumption was weaker than in 1996 .

For the fourth successive year , net trade in goods and services provided a positive , albeit small , stimulus to growth , underpinned by subdued growth in relative unit labour costs and , as a result , improvements in competitiveness .

Then the U.N. Jazz Orchestra dropped by and we recorded them and got nominated for a second Grammy back to back.

COMMODITY PRICE DEVELOPMENTS IN 2007 Oil prices surged for the fourth year in a row in 2007 .

He finished as the top scorer for the second consecutive tournament, matching his 2006 total of five goals.

COMMODITY PRICES ROSE STRONGLY IN 2005 Oil prices soared for a second year in a row in 2005 .

In Bulgaria the Wiki Loves Earth competition was organized for the third time in a row, from June 1 to 30.

At the end of the year, the Yankees faced the Giants for the third straight year in the World Series, and finally triumphed for their first championship.

For the third year in a row, the team lost in the first round of the playoffs, as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Yankees in the 2007 ALDS.

Tracy and Hepburn appeared onscreen together for a third consecutive year in the 1949 film Adam's Rib .

In the next season, Carvalho won his second league title in a row, and his first UEFA Champions League title, in which tournament he was named best defender of the tournament.

In 1975, Schwarzenegger was once again in top form, and won the title for the sixth consecutive time, beating Franco Columbu.

Hepburn received an Academy Award nomination for the second year running for her work opposite Burt Lancaster in The Rainmaker (1956).

In 1990, Becker met Edberg for the third consecutive year in the Wimbledon final, but this time was on the losing end of a long five set match.

For three years in a row, this country of roughly 10.5 million people (according to data from 2012) has seen its population decrease.

According to critics, one of the major problems with the embargo is that the United States is the only major country that has such an embargo against Cuba in place.

The Day of Rage marks the fourth day in a row for Egyptians to demonstrate against president Hosni Mubarak's 30 year rule.

The report points out that, in general, the world has become more peaceful for the second year in a row, with the exception of the Middle East and North Africa region.

For the second consecutive year, Mexican filmmakers will have a leading role in the awards ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, better known as the Oscars.

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Discretionary measures suffer from implementation lags and are difficult to reverse , and thus often lead to pro cyclical fiscal policies .

Abe's words were notable in that he did not express Japan's guilt for starting the war, while the emperor expressed feelings of deep remorse for the war, for the third year in a row.

Jordan won his second consecutive MVP award with averages of 30.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game on 52 shooting.

Despite winning the AL East for the ninth consecutive year, the Yankees lost again in the ALDS, this time to the Detroit Tigers.

And it became ever clearer that economic growth doesn't automatically translate into social growth or human growth.

Applications Proportional growth The geometric mean is more appropriate than the arithmetic mean for describing proportional growth, both exponential growth (constant proportional growth) and varying growth in business the geometric mean of growth rates is known as the compound annual growth rate (CAGR).