From 1981 to 1986, the price of paper rose at less than 3 percent a year.

The pay for all this is $17 to $33 an hour and rising at 2.5 percent a year.

New home construction rose at a 10 percent annual rate.

"Then the market will start to rise again at 2 to 3 percent annually."

Inflation is rising at more than 20 percent a month.

He arrives in the County to face a crime rate rising at more than 32 percent a year.

In previous years taxes had risen at 7 to 8 percent a year.

Operating costs rose more slowly than revenue, at 15 percent.

Only three months ago, producer prices were rising at a 3.7 percent annual rate.

But for the three months through May, core inflation rose at a 3.2 percent annual rate.