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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1976
LATEST STATISTICS SUPPORT BUDGET PREDICTIONS
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE LATEST AVAILABLE STATISTICS ALL AMPLY CONFIRMED THE ANALYSES MADE AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGET AND SUPPORTED THE VIEW THAT THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY IN REALIZING THE FORECASTS OF THE ECONOMY WHICH WERE PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET SPEECH.
HE SAID THE STATISTICS WERE THOSE THAT HAD BECOME AVAILABLE SINCE THE PREPARATION OF THE VARIOUS BUDGET PUBLICATIONS,
SOME OF THESE STATISTICS, HE EXPLAINED, PROVIDED DATA FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF 1975 AND, AS SUCH, COMPLETED THE PICTURE FOR LAST YEAR.
+THE INDEXES OF UNIT VALUE AND QUANTITY FOR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS VERE EXAMPLES AS WERE THE MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT.
+OTHERS, SUCH AS TRADE STATISTICS BY VALUE AND THE MONEY AND BANKING STATISTICS, WERE RECORDS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF 1976,+ HE SAID.