But his imprudence has left the Treasury with little leeway to bolster a weakening economy.

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Mr Brown's past imprudence has given his successor less budgetary leeway to boost the economy than he might like.

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" In truth, Mary was a martyr to her own imprudence, Mr. Massie concludes: "Her political folly was .

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Household-saving rates may have fallen, but this does not necessarily indicate imprudence since it has occurred at a time of steep rises in housing wealth.

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They point to the intransigence of the current Argentine government and to the previous failures of the country's political leaders to curb their fiscal imprudence during the 1990s.

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