The long-awaited slowdown in the na...

The long-awaited slowdown in the nation's economic germination rate has yet to materialize.

With exports from U manufacturers falling and global financial markets in turmoil, the majority of economists and market analysts were anticipating a sharp decline in the rate of vegetation during the second half of 1998 However, the U mercantile relations Department recently reported that the nation's Gros Domestic production (GDP) -- the total output of all well adapteds and services produced -- increased at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 56 percent during the final quarter of 1998

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