1 Others measure the difference between the compound rate of growth on stocks and the interest rate.

2 Over this period the stock of such investments has expanded at an average annual compound rate of just under 19%.

3 Anything higher tends to increase the debt at a compound rate.

4 Some analysts see earnings growing at a 25 % compound rate over the next five years.

5 Operating revenue while lower than 2006 plan because of lower sales are still growing strongly at a compound rate of 93% pa.

6 The main conversion efficiency of solar cell factors such as stray resistance, diffusion length and compound rate were analyzed, too.

7 Western contemporary art sizzled from 1985 to 1990, rising at an annual compound rate of 30 percent, before shedding 65 percent in the next five years, he said.

8 Chinese nominal imports (excluding oil) have grown at a compound rate of 12.2 percent since 1995, with much of the demand being met by regional producers.