However, fiscal expenditure growth in Q1 fell below 8 %. (edgeandodds.com)
However, by 2011, health expenditure growth in the USA had declined to about 1 %, approximately the same as the average growth rate in the other OECD countries studied. (sciencedaily.com)
February's budget promised to hold overall expenditure growth at 1.5 per cent per year and health spending at 2.6 per cent. (canadianbusiness.com)