经济增长率通常指的是国内生产总值的增长率,也即本年度国内生产总值的增加额与上年度国内生产总值的比率。美国经济自1991年3月走出衰退进入新一轮的增长周期以来,迄今已实现了连续113个月的增长,创造了美国经济有史以来持续增长时间最长的纪录,其平均增长率达到3%以上。去年第四季度, The rate of economic growth usually refers to the rate of growth of the gross domestic product, which is the ratio of the increase in gross domestic product for the current year to the gross domestic product for the previous year. Since the U.S. economy stepped out of the recession in March 1991 and entered a new round of growth cycles, the U.S. economy has achieved 113 consecutive months of growth so far and has created the longest continuous record of U.S. economy growth with an average growth rate of 3% the above. In the fourth quarter of last year,