For example, growth hormone is also used by athletes and bodybuilders, with magazines directed toward these groups advertising its availability.
And the damage done to economic prospects is based on estimates of, for example, growth in income and demand for fish and tourism.
For example, growth last quarter was unexpectedly bolstered by a 13 percent jump in military spending that few economists expect to be repeated in the fourth quarter.
"There are doctors who give things that make no sense, for example growth hormones to make someone look younger," said David Agus, a cancer specialist who treated Steve Jobs.
From 1996 to 1998, for example, growth in five big South-East Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) swung from 7.5% to minus 8.3% as the Asian financial crisis struck.
David J. Koning, a senior research analyst at Robert W. Baird & Company, said that while American Express typically had a more affluent cardholder base, for example, growth was accelerating at Visa and MasterCard.
For example, growth in 2007 was first reported as 11.4%, but in January it was marked up to 13%.The NBS has improved its data-gathering methods in recent years, by extending its coverage of services, for example.
Some of the weakness is temporary (bad weather did not help in America), and it is not ubiquitous: in Britain and Germany, for example, growth has accelerated, and Japan has put on a brief spurt.
These include for example growth factors, monoclonal antibodies, gene knockdown methods, gene therapy, surgical transplantations and tissue engineering.
For example, growth of (Ti,Al N and Ti(B,N) films can result in the formation of a supersaturated TiN based phase.
By way of example, growth is likely to be faster at smaller, execution-focused Lyft than dynamic but aggressively valued visionary Uber.
