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The traction driving ) Tj -243 -15 TD -0.3661 Tc 0.4732 Tw (those contractionary outcomes is to be found on the outlays side of the Budget ) Tj 0 -15 TD -0.3533 Tc 2.697 Tw (rather than the revenues side. Indeed the revenue) Tj 242.25 0 TD -0.246 Tc 0 Tw (-) Tj 4.5 0 TD -0.4064 Tc 2.2064 Tw (side figures are on the ) Tj -246.75 -15 TD -0.4223 Tc 1.9223 Tw (expansionary side of neutral throughout the whole of the Budg) Tj 291.75 0 TD -0.2686 Tc 0.6436 Tw (et projections ) Tj -291.75 -15 TD -0.3619 Tc 0.3619 Tw (period \(i.e., the row three figures in Table 1.1 are all positive\).) 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