Back to reality, it must be stressed that applied to our present economic situation, whether government spending is in deficit, balanced, or in surplus is immaterial.

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For example, because of the present economic situation, how to become more financially successful is in very high demand by a wide array of prospective clients from individuals living paycheck to paycheck to senior executives and from business owners to the very wealthy.

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This meeting was an opportunity for exchanging views on the present world economic and financial situation.

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The "bottom line" must be that, at present, the political and economic situation in China is simply too fluid and, potentially, too hostile to Western business interests to warrant an immediate return of those enterprises who pared down their operations in the aftermath of the massacre.

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It remains an ever-present topic wherever groups of Nigerians discuss the prevailing economic and social situation - depending, of course, on the region of the country where the groups gather.

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