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But things are far worse in the business community where confidence is even lower and consumer expenditure translates into the longer investment cycle.— Management-Issues : News
That brings us to government expenditure, which is getting most of the press.— Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.
But this has nothing whatsoever to do with whether the expenditure is a direct donation to the candidate or independent.— The Volokh Conspiracy
Real recovery cannot be brought about by further increasing public expenditure which is set to grow anyway towards 50\% of GDP as the recession shrinks the private sector.— Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk

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