And construction spending rose 0.3 percent in May, to $881.6 billion at an annual rate.

Between 1990 and 2000, its population was rising at a rate of 5% per year.

Labor costs rose at an annual rate of 6.9 percent.

Through those years, productivity rose at only a 1.4 percent annual rate.

It is coffee that has led the way, rising at a rate of more than 18 percent a year.

The costs also rose at a 4.9 percent annual rate over the first quarter of 1988, the report said.

But jobs for people with college degrees are rising at a rate of more than 2 percent a year.

Sea level rose at an average rate of about 1.8 mm/year during the years 1961-2003.

It rose at a rate of 3.7 percent in the summer.

Drug costs alone are rising at a rate of 18 percent a year.