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"Based on historical experience, it seems improbable that 
all of the large rise in multifactor productivity could be attributed to 
cyclical or transitory factors. Conversely, it seems very unlikely that allof 
the increase in the growth of productivity could be attributed to structural 
influences. The truth, presumably, lies between these two extremes, but where 
has yet to be determined. At minimum, however, it seems reasonable to conclude 
that the step-up in the pace of structural productivity growth that occurred in 
the latter part of the 1990s has not, as yet, faltered. "
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[from the interesting, as usual, speech of Oct23 of the 
Chairman of FED Mr Allan Greenspan
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href="">http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2002/20021023/default.htm ]
Dimitris tsokakis