A recession in the old and new world, would reduce Chinese growth to 6%.

This alone reduced economic growth in the third quarter by over 1.1 percentage points.

Competitors- other organisms may require the same resources from the environment, and so reduce growth of a population.

Higher interest rates tend to reduce growth and often tax returns fall as a consequence too.

If wages move too high, they will reduce economic growth and hurt low-wage workers.

"The idea was to reduce growth on a systemic basis, rather than say the solution is to give poor kids less money," he said.

This reduces economic growth and the creation of better jobs.

Statisticians had expected the shift from 1982 to 1987 prices to reduce growth in the 1980's.

The result, she said, will be reduced overall economic growth.

Higher interest rates reduce or "crowd out" private investment, and this reduces growth.