That is far below the average increase of 8 percent a year in the 1980's.

The average increase for public workers will be only $15 per month, officials said.

Of those that rose, the average increase was 20 percent.

The average annual increase for the last 20 years is more than 9 percent.

More than 1.3 million families would get an average increase in their credit of $250 a year, administration officials said.

The average increase in the previous year was 3 percent.

Last year, when the average increase was higher, more than 80 percent were approved.

Over the last three months, the average increase was just 20,000 new jobs.

The average increase in the stock price was 0.44 percent.

The company had an average increase of 16.4 percent in basic phone rates, which went into effect earlier this year.