There has been some debate on this forum about economic growth rates. I could find this out on the Internet, but frankly, it was just easier to do it myself.

This is OECD data

http://www.oecd.org/document/28/0,2340, ... _1,00.html

Use tables 1b for the GDP data, and for foreign exchange rates use table C1. The data is after inflation and currency fluctuations, adjusted for purchasing power parity. Growth rates are in US dollars. The OECD data starts in 1970 and ends in 2003.

These are the growth rates

1970-2003
Australia 1.5%
Canada 2.3%
France 2.4%
Germany 4.6%
Italy -0.8%
Japan 6.6%
Spain 0.8%
Sweden 0.6%
UK 1.1%
USA 3.1%

1970-1980
Australia 3.2%
Canada 3.0%
France 6.2%
Germany 10.2%
Italy 0.4%
Japan 9.4%
Spain 3.4%
Sweden 4.0%
UK 1.6%
USA 3.3%

1980-1990
Australia -0.8%
Canada 2.8%
France 0.0%
Germany 3.5%
Italy -1.1%
Japan 8.7%
Spain -0.6%
Sweden -1.2%
UK -0.1%
USA 3.2%

1990-2000
Australia 0.5%
Canada 0.5%
France -0.6%
Germany -0.6%
Italy -4.0%
Japan 4.4%
Spain -3.0%
Sweden -2.4%
UK 0.8%
USA 3.3%

1995-2003
Australia 2.1%
Canada 3.2%
France 0.4%
Germany -1.0%
Italy 0.8%
Japan -1.7%
Spain 1.4%
Sweden 1.0%
UK 3.2%
USA 3.3%

1980-2003
Australia 0.8%
Canada 2.0%
France 0.8%
Germany 2.2%
Italy -1.2%
Japan 5.4%
Spain -0.3%
Sweden -0.8%
UK 0.9%
USA 3.1%