Siemens' president and chief executive Dr Heinreich von Pierer forecasts that the growth in IT will return, but they are unlikely to see levels of growth seen at the height of the boom.
Such levels would be nearly 200 basis points above the prior peak reached at the height of the credit-induced global growth bubble.
On the other hand, teens who are "late bloomers" can have minimal height changes until they have a larger growth spurt around the time of their relatively late puberty.
Consider, for example, the decades of production of a human growth hormone for below-average-height children by the National Pituitary Agency.
Wage and salary growth has slowed from about 4.5% before inflation year-over-year during the height of QE2 during first half of last year to a meager 3.2% nominal growth year over year since the start of this year.
If you refer again to standard growth charts, you'll find that height increases typically slow down significantly after about age 14, with an average increase of only 1 inch before ultimately stopping by about 20 years.
If I were to reveal, for example, that the height of Alistair Darling's eyebrows changes in precise proportion to GDP growth six months later, it would be an economic breakthrough of cosmic proportions.
If left to proceed unchecked, it could mean that growth is stunted as the body receives chemical signals telling it to switch off further height gain.
It experienced massive growth practically overnight, became a staple of nearly every Internet user, and at its height, it had a market share well over 90 percent.
The first step will be to determine whether your height is normal, is delayed in progress, or is the result of a medical condition that prevents growth.
This condition is called constitutional growth delay, and these individuals experience their growth slow-down a few years later than their peers while still reaching a fairly normal adult height.
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