Although robust by international standards, that rate seems slow in China after years of double-digit economic growth.

Sometimes it will reach that rate even while I'm taking the meds.

On 1 April this year that rate was increased to 17 per cent.

But sustaining that rate will be hard for Japanese policy makers.

He then compared that rate to the league average for each season.

It has not topped that rate in more than six years.

But he will be hard pressed to match that rate next year.

This year, it has tightened five times, raising that rate by 1.75 percentage points.

Then, using a weighted average, they projected that rate forward for four years.

Generally, they want that rate to average at least 12 to 15 percent a year.