The economy has now been expanding for 6 years and 2 months, since March 1991.

The economy should expand by 15% the first year and double in 10 years.

Administration officials have not said how much the Iraqi economy might expand.

The economy expanded at a 4.7 percent rate in the third quarter.

The economy has been expanding for much of the decade.

The strategy worked; the economy expanded in 1939 and kept right on growing.

It was the country's third straight year of strong growth, with the economy expanding nearly 5 percent.

The Irish economy expanded at an average rate of 9.4% between 1995 and 2000.

The government reported last month that the economy expanded just 1.6 percent in the third quarter.

Economists say the economy could expand by more than 3 percent next year.