For the third quarter as a whole, U.S. industrial production rose at an annualized 4.8% rate, slower than the approximately 7% growth seen during the first and second quarters of the year.

整个第三季度，美国工业生产上升4.8%，低于今年一二季度的7%。

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The 12-month rate of growth in industrial production also dropped to only 3.8% in the first two months of 2009, and retail-sales growth slowed to 15%.

在今年头两个月里，工业生产全年增长率也下跌到仅有3.8%，而零售增长则放缓到15%。

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Only Slovakia has Baltic-style growth (an annual rate of 9.6% in the fourth quarter of 2006, with industrial production up by 17.4% year-on-year in January).

只有斯洛文尼亚具有波罗的海式的增长（2006年第四季度GDP平均增长率为9.6%，工业产值一月份同比增长17.4%）。

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But, actually, the 1870-1912 period had a higher annualized rate of growth in industrial production, 5.0% per year vs. 4.8%.

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Apart from a slowing growth rate, rising prices and sluggish industrial production have also been a source of concern for the government.

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The 12-month rate of growth in Germany's industrial output slowed to only 0.5% in November.

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