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Economic Stimulus Package Drafted: The cabinet finished a $16.8-billion supplementary budget to stimulate the economy. Of the total, $15.9 billion will go to public investment, $719 million to encourage capital spending among small- and medium-sized corporations, and $168 million to increase imports.
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