Compared with previous generations, today's younger techies are less interested in owning cars and big houses.
Compared with previous oil crises, the recent 50% jump in the oil price has been modest.
Weddings rose by 956 in 2010, although at 28, 480, the figures remain low compared with previous decades.
In the first quarter, the rate of rental-revenue growth at Equity Residential and AvalonBay slowed compared with previous quarters.
However, according to insolvency experts, the level of both personal and corporate bankruptcies still remain high compared with previous years.
Part of the reason for this optimism is that, compared with previous deals, there has been far more consultation on the ground this time.
The pace of job losses in America has been mild compared with previous downturns, and there are a couple of reasons to suppose it will stay that way.
Growth for 2012 as a whole came in at 2.2%, up from 1.8% in 2011, but still unusually slow compared with previous economic recoveries in the US following recessions in the post-War era.
During the conference call management said the high inventory was the result of preparation for a seasonally strong quarter, but Reiner pointed out that it didn't explain why inventory was still much higher compared with previous corresponding quarters.
The ONS had already said that output from the construction sector fell by 3.9% between April and June compared with the previous quarter, compared with an earlier forecast of a 5.2% drop.
Italy's economy shrank by 2.6% compared with a year earlier, compared with the previous estimate of 2.5%, the national statistics institute Istat said.
Sales rose 10% compared with last year and 1% compared with the previous quarter.
Compared with the previous quarter, domestic consumption fell by 0.7%, while investment dropped by 2.3%.
This broad measure of risk in the Eurozone volume fell -0.4% compared with the previous week.
But European profits are down by 7% compared with the previous year, according to HSBC.
According to SIPRI, arms deliveries to Malaysia jumped eightfold in 2005-09, compared with the previous five years.
Adjusting for inflation, retail sales between August and October were flat compared with the previous three months.
The report showed 1% more resources were spent on frontline policing, compared with the previous 12 months.
Thursday's data show growth in manufacturing and farm output is expected to slow compared with the previous year.
The verification mechanism has been significantly simplified and much less costly, as compared with the previous START treaty.
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However, the most recent quarter, ending in December, saw a 1% rise compared with the previous three months.
However, it cut its full-year profit forecast to 370bn yen, compared with its previous projection of 375bn yen.
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Compared with the previous quarter, GDP showed no growth, an improvement on the initial estimate of a 0.1% contraction.
Last year, retail sales got off to a strong start in November, rising 6.7% compared with the previous year.
Exports are falling whether measured by value or by volume in the latest quarter compared with the previous quarter.
Both Hawick and Peebles saw numbers fall - by 8.7% and 2.2% respectively - compared with the previous year.
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Compared with the previous six months, youth crime figures fell by 49%, and overall crime rates fell by 23%.
The country's gross domestic product fell by 0.5% compared with the previous quarter, according to the National Statistics Institute.
The move also slowed the annual exodus of jobs to 8, 000, estimates Inman, compared with a previous 10, 000 to 15, 000.
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