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I'd assume it's some kind of rolling average, and the low columns gradually rising lead to that effect.

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by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 12:03:48 PM EST
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Yes but is a linear (not even that) trend meaningful in this case?
Anyway the actual imf publication explains the trend pattern thus:
Average growth rates for individual countries, aggregated using PPP weights; the aggregates shift over time in favor of faster-growing economies, giving the line an upward trend.


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by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 12:33:33 PM EST
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