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PRETORIA HAS TIMULATIVE BUDGET ANO IS ASKING INTERNATIONAL CREOITORS TO EXTEND THE CURRENT FREEZEOMf DEBT REPAYMENTS IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE ITS MOOEST ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. BjSiNESS INVESTMENT REMAINED DEPRESSED. BUT-GOVERNMENT SPENOING ON REM. FIXED INVESTMENTS ROSE.
THE LATEST BUDGET IS TEMPORARY. AND THE EINAL VERSION MILL NOT BE PRESENTED UNTIE AFTER THE ELECTION IH MAT. THE BUDGET CALLS FOR CUTS IN INCOME TAX RATES ANO REPAYMENT OF SOME GOVERNMENT DOMESTIC Of BT to BOOST REAL INCOMES ERODED BY INFLATION. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO IH PROMISING AN AS YET UNSPEClFlEO PAY HIKE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS"
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SLIGiTTlTtoRE THANERCENT OF OUTSTANDING OEBT.HIS YEAR. INSTEAD OF THE ERCENT THE CREOltORS WANT.
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COUTH AFRICA'S NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS HAVE IMPROVED. BUI CONSUMER AND BUSINESS CONFIDENCE REMAIN SENSITIVE TO POLITICAL UNREST. PRETORIA'S CREDITORS ARE SATISFIEO WITH THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE CURRENT OEBT ACCOAO ANO WILL PROBABLY AGREE TO KEEP DEBTPPROXIMATEL Y'THE CURRENT RATE. IN ORDER TO
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