Recent growth figures show there is even less reason to believe the theory today.
Japanese officials played down the new growth figures, saying they showed that the economy was still growing.
The oil prices have not yet shown up in overall growth figures for 2004.
More accurate counting, however, may well be at the heart of some growth figures.
Despite the real growth figures and the need of demand within our economy.
The reason the real growth figures look weak is high inflation.
The economy had been doing well for some years with good growth figures.
The Commission is preparing a new draft based on the 2.91% growth figure.
This year, the average growth figure will stand at around 1.5%.
Then it's on to a question about yesterday's growth figures, which were better than expected.