These are collapsing, marking an end to record runs of double-digit gains.

The dollar has enjoyed double-digit gains against both the euro and the yen, but also looks set to finish up against sterling on the year.

The index went on to record double-digit gains every year during the second half of this decade.

It compares with the double-digit gains recorded by the group in recent weeks, on the back of demand for flat-screen televisions.

Corporate profits chalked up double-digit gains, continuing a three-year run of such increases.

House price growth has continued to edge down from the double-digit increase of last year, but experts say that many would-be buyers are still locked out of the market.

After a double-digit increase in 2006, they are expected to rise well above inflation again in 2007.

A double-digit increase in earnings per share was predicted for the next two years.

Any benefit for middle and higher earners will be offset by a bigger than expected rise in national insurance and a double-digit increase in capital gains tax.

In particular, a 9.3 per cent rise in the like-for-like rent roll over the nine months would seem to point to another comfortable double-digit increase this financial year.

Double-digit price rises and an oil price shock led to a spike in borrowing costs and a fall in the value of the pound.

I don't think we will get back to double-digit price increases — not on a regular basis, anyway.

Open houses, double-digit price rises, buyers making sealed bids - remember those?

As recently as 2005, the market's mood was desultory, but the double-digit price rises of 2007 are seen as the norm - and almost as a rightful due.

Four of the big six energy companies have announced a fresh round of double-digit price rises for gas and electricity and the remaining two are expected to follow suit.

It also said it was confident of generating double-digit profit growth this year.

But 14.62, or 12 times 2010 earnings, remains reasonable value for double-digit profit growth.

Analysts expect another double-digit profit increase.

But recent trading statements - to be updated when the bank reports interim results early next month - have raised expectations of double-digit profits growth.

Its profits are still growing at a double-digit rate.

Since 2005, as head of retail, he has overseen the division's profits go from an annual double-digit rate of decline into double-digit growth, with annual profits of around 1.5 billion.

For smaller loans it's a different picture, with many lenders charging double-digit rates on a 3,000 advance.

The board has set ambitious targets to raise earnings over the next three years by double-digit rates.

Jewellery sales are expected to continue growing at double-digit rates.

With interest rates close to zero, never underestimate the promise of a double-digit return or the persuasive powers of a salesperson promised their commission-kick.

Its target of a double-digit return on equity has been brought forward to 2019, from 2020.

Nonetheless, many large funds have posted double-digit returns this year.

Councils were offered double-digit returns for lending lump sums on fixed terms of between three months and two years.

Decent interest on cash accounts might be almost extinct, but double-digit returns can still be achieved if you look elsewhere.

As the eurozone continues to cope with a sluggish recovery and double-digit unemployment, it has an immediate incentive to cut a deal.

Typically, job gains slow after a long period of economic expansion such as the current one, during which a double-digit unemployment rate has been more than cut in half.

Exports aided self-sufficiency and domestic investment, although double-digit unemployment and inflation remain problematic.

It also means halving the double-digit unemployment rate and raising the national per capita income from the subsistence level of $700 to a more decent $2,000 or more.