Since the third quarter of last year, indeed, China has outstripped America as a supplier to the zone; now only Britain lies ahead.
Demand has far outstripped supply over the last eight years and we have repeatedly seen that using periods of price decline to add to long term positions in gold is wise.
Health care costs also have outstripped inflation; the cost of a catastrophic illness can quickly knock a middle-class household into another, better-defined economic category: poverty.
Resume highlights: A German native who was trained as an accountant, Pfeiffer spent 20 years at Texas Instruments before joining Compaq in 1983; he made his name by launching Compaq's successful European division, which outstripped U.S. sales in 1990.
In County Leitrim, in the Irish Midlands, housing construction outstripped demand (based on population growth) by 401% between 2006 and 2009, according to one estimate.
This front far outstripped the more publicized Manchurian front and soon became of nationwide importance.
All this meant that growth in consumer credit regularly outstripped growth in GDP in the Anglo-Saxon countries and saving ratios fell to historic lows.
