Although, the economy is growing satisfactorily, this is having little effect on the government's dismal popularity ratings. In the first half of the year the official statistical agency, Inei, reported that ouptut was up by 4.13% compared with the same period of 2003. The economy has now had 37 consecutive months of year-on-year growth.
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