1.   Asked if the ministry had plans to propose a second supplementary budget to spur recovery, Takemura said no such plans were being discussed.

2.   A smaller-than-expected rise in November employment spurred a recovery in Treasury bond prices, helping stocks revive.

3.   Budgets have not been used in a sustained and determined way to spur recovery.

4.   Casino gambling, he said, will spur economic recovery.

5.   Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, who also spoke at the Japan Society, reiterated that Japan should spur recovery by boosting domestic demand rather than exports.

6.   Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, who also spoke to the Japan Society, reiterated that Japan should spur recovery by boosting domestic demand rather than exports.

7.   Earlier in the year, administration officials were vociferous in telling Japan to spur recovery with domestic-led growth rather than exports.

8.   For United, the ratification of the contract means it can begin to negotiate with all the union leaders for wage concessions in order to spur economic recovery.

9.   He must also quickly spell out a detailed package that combines painful reform measures with steps to spur economic recovery.

10.   It has been criticized both for causing too much economic pain and for acting too slowly to spur recovery.