Over the last 22 years, however, the nation's economic growth has slowed to 2.3 percent a year on average.

Population growth between 1990 and 1995 slowed down to 1.59% with 17,617 on record.

Indeed, more evidence emerged that the economy was slowing on its own.

Somewhere during the fourth of those five minutes, he heard a car slowing on the road outside.

Their attention was caught just then by the sound of a vehicle slowing on the road.

He slowed on the street and glanced in through the big windows.

The measures approved today would slow the annual growth to 5.9 percent, on the average.

Several Fed officials said they were less confident that the economy was about to slow on its own.

The bus slowed and seemed on the point of stopping.

A pickup truck slowed on the road just behind us.