What is or isn't "significant" depends upon one's income level and budget constraints.
>>>What is or isn’t “significant” depends upon one’s income level and budget constraints.
Perhaps, but the average growth rate over the past 20 years is 2.7%. Current rate is 1.4%. I wouldn’t call that significantt growth. By comparison, real GDP grew at 2.0% in 3Q10. The 20-year average is 2.5%. I don’t think most people would say we saw significant growth in GDP last quarter.