So far this year, the rate has run between 7.5 percent and 8 percent.

Over the past three months, the rate is running 72 percent above the previous year's pace, even while retail sales are weak.

That rate was running at close to 20 percent throughout 2005 and the first four months of 2006.

I should note that rental rates are running about 10 to 20 percent below Sept. 11 levels.

"So far this year the rate is running a bit higher that 1988's average of 4.2 percent," he said.

However, a child's individual rate of development and desire to run matters more than his or her actual age.

In Kent, the rate runs at an average of one official engagement a week.

The rate (usually variable) runs around 8% or 9%, a good deal compared to most other options.

The combined marginal rate for the state and city taxes was recently running around 11 percent, which is bad enough.

The annual rate of inflation is running at almost 13%.