Just a quarter of the families polled, compared with half a year earlier, believe economic growth will keep accelerating.

Less growth, in turn, would keep inflation from rising.

But many economists now say that growth in exports should keep the economy from sinking further.

Since then, it has been growing modestly, although its growth is not keeping pace with the country as a whole (see table).

Only strong growth in exports kept the economy expanding at all.

However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with that on the two larger tours.

Slow growth and poor sites usually keep yields low.

But economic growth has not kept pace with rising populations.

The growth of power looms have still kept the weaving tradition alive in the village.

That growth has kept pace with a national trend.