The economy grew at a robust annualized rate of 5.5 percent in real terms in the October-December period for the fourth-straight quarter of growth, the Cabinet Office said Friday.
The economy grew a real 1.4 percent in the quarter as companies and the public kept up their 2005 spending streak.
In calendar 2005, gross domestic product grew a real 2.8 percent from the previous year, for the sixth straight year of growth.