The economic surge made land in downtown Detroit difficult to obtain.

Economists saw the strong fourth-quarter showing for gross domestic product as evidence of an economic surge.

Wall Street was fueling an economic surge in the real estate market.

Japan's economic surge has made it the world's pre-eminent international creditor.

Big bands need money, and rock's economic surge had crushed jazz.

The result was greeted well amongst fans and was even used to explain a sudden economic surge.

But there's a "just in time for the election" quality to the current economic surge, and even Republicans are worried that the momentum may not last.

And in any case, it may be too late to attract votes by using an economic surge as a lure.

But the economic surge was not matched by political evolution.

China's economic surge has also meant that more children are working far from home, or even live abroad.