-3 CY 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17  13  Chart 14  Developments in Real GDP after the Global Financial Crisis 106  s.a., 2007/Q1=100  104  Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers  102 100  98 96 Japan  94  United States  92 90 CY07  Euro area  08  Sources: Cabinet Office; BEA; Eurostat.
The statistical information we have shows that for the whole period the per capita income declined by around 4% and social indicators indicate a dismal performance, this with two periods of very strong GDP growth, the first  2/7  BIS - Central bankers' speeches  at the mineral boom in 1991 to 1993 driven by the construction and increase in the volume of exports from Misima, Porgera and Kutubu and the second from 2006 to 2009 driven by unprecedented price increases of oil, copper and gold.