Public spending, which has boosted growth over the past decade, will instead be pulling it down.

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Its growth, instead of being stifled in the larger company, has accelerated.

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Piazza has not started monetizing the service, instead focusing on user experience and driving growth.

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When you measure productivity in terms of output per hour worked, instead of output per worker, these ONS numbers show that our productivity growth has not been very different from other European countries.

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But the Estonian currency has been pegged since 1992, so rapid growth is expressed in rising prices instead.

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Instead, the main impact on Asia of the US sub-prime crisis has been a growth in uncertainty, the World Bank said in its six monthly regional assessment.

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Instead we have an election year where growth will average around 2%, and the economy has struggled to create enough net new jobs to simply keep up with workforce growth.

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It has also agreed not to close any branches and instead to increase their number "as the business' growth allows", and support Northern Rock's charitable foundation for a year.

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