As confidence returns, even a small reversal in this trend would give spending a fillip.
The rickety state of the public finances also argues against a big fiscal fillip.
Flintoff's return will give England a significant fillip ahead of the first 50-over match in Guyana.
Acquisitions of British companies by overseas investors have given the pound an extra fillip.
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Despite the fillip from the temporary reduction in value-added tax, consumer spending will fall sharply.
It would be great for Welsh rugby and a nice fillip I suppose for the Six Nations.
And then a European issue popped up, as the campaign ended, which gave Mr Aho a fillip.
If interest rates ever levitated again, their investment portfolios would experience rising investment income, a sizable earnings fillip.
They're blessedly free of corporate branding, except for the trademark Heavenly beds, a fillip of standardization I appreciate.
If the left does well, capturing for example Lyon, Mr Jospin's presidential prospects will enjoy a timely fillip.
The subsequent slump in demand for oil pushed prices back down, and gave a useful and timely fillip to economic activity.
It's the likes of the Greens and UKIP that are getting a fillip.
He called on the WLGA to introduce a "living wage" that would "give a fillip to the local economy".
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Cheaper consumer credit in general should give the economy still more of a fillip not to mention more well-clad ankles.
This could prove a fillip for Mr Barak's peace hopes, since Rabbi Yosef is a consistent and committed dove.
If it fell, it would be a big fillip for the new president.
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Aid has also strengthened institutions such as parliament, has given a fillip to civil society and has helped facilitate elections.
Nolan's box office figures have been achieved without the financial fillip of 3D cinema screenings, which incur a higher ticket price.
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And the "European Soyuz" should be a fillip for Arianespace, the company set up to market and operate the Ariane rockets.
In fact, just as a little fillip, the president's out of town and returns to Washington on a 1:10 -- 1:10 a.m.
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Throw in another 5% fillip from weak dollar comparisons for the multinationals.
European investors are taking a bigger bite out of dim-sum bonds, giving a fillip to the swelling offshore market in China's currency.
United received a further fillip when new signing Javier Hernandez scored a somewhat fortuitous goal after coming on as a half-time substitute.
In addition, a rash of mergers boosted the British stockmarket and attracted foreign capital, giving the pound an extra, albeit temporary, fillip.
Should that come about, it would give a sharp fillip to reform.
It took the advent of software piracy and the birth of "intellectual property crime" to add a fillip to international efforts against counterfeiting.
The holding of local elections in the area in March for the first time in 14 years was a fillip for the government's self-confidence.
It received a fillip in 1492, when European explorers introduced their livestock, grain, fruit and vegetables into the new world and took away equivalent novelties.
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