That is one of the ways in which increasing a tax rate can reduce the total tax yield, thereby defeating the whole supposed object of the tax-raising exercise.

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Total recorded crime increased at an underlying rate of 2% in 2001-02, with some violent crimes increasing faster: robbery, for instance, rose by 27%.

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On Sunday evening, Nomura Securities analysts in New York, led by Ellen Zentner, forecast total nonfarm payrolls increasing by 80, 000 in June (90, 000 private), but with the unemployment rate holding steady at 8.2%.

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