APPLE'S growth record is staggering.
It enjoys strong economic growth, record low unemployment and a massive trade surplus.
Already the world's 17th largest economy, Turkey has an impressive economic growth record.
Australia has had an enviable G.D.P. growth record in recent years.
And this year the area is on track to slightly surpass the previous job growth record, set in 1995.
The state set its growth record in 2009, when fall enrollment climbed by 122,000 in a year.
Comparing the growth record under his "budgets for stability" with those of previous Conservative governments gives Brown a pretty impressive scorecard, even if he does overdo the boasting.
While the shares have performed well in the last year, trading remains strong and the group is well placed to sustain its growth record.
Moreover, Mexico's growth record is far inferior to that of some other countries that started with a lot less and yet leapfrogged it (and other Latin American economies).
Stephen Williams, the Lib Dem MP, said George Osborne was not to blame for the fact that Britain's growth record was so poor.
Instead, the model is Sweden, a country that has high levels of tax and public expenditure but has a better growth record and lower unemployment than France.
