But growth returned when the railroads were built and came through, following the old roads.
Modest growth has returned, but not enough to offset the devastating effects of the recession.
"I was very encouraged by his outlook" that growth would return to more recent norms next year.
Unemployment continued to rise through June 1992, even though economic growth had returned the previous year.
But as economic growth returned, nobody paid much attention.
Economic growth, despite foreign trade embargoes, returned to a fast pace by the mid-1990s.
As Japan struggles with its fourth recession in a decade, even the government does not forecast that growth will return before 2004.
Economists say growth will likely return to a slower track this quarter.
Recessions come and go, the growth will return sooner or later.
If growth doesn't eventually return in the way predicted, then Britain's position will once again look precarious.