By that measure, prices have climbed about 2.4 percent over the last 12 months.

Mylan's stock has climbed about 27 percent in six months.

Gasoline and home heating oil both climbed about 2 percent.

Since the beginning of December, the stock price has climbed about 150 percent.

Because of the growing shortage, salaries have climbed about 10 percent in the last year.

Gold prices have climbed about 15 percent for the year.

Retail sales in China have been climbing about 10 percent a year for the past several years, he said.

In the first six months of the year, sales have climbed about 15 percent.

For the year, earnings from continuing businesses climbed about 33 percent, to $250 million.

Up fourfold since 1981, the population of women has climbed about 33 percent in the last year alone.