11.   The figure assumes that taxes will not go up and Social Security benefits will not go down.

12.   Both figures assume the company had the same set of assets in each period.

13.   Even the lower growth figure assumes that the government will be spending heavily to pump up the economy, Nomura said.

14.   The CBO figures assumed that spending for most federal programs would grow at the rate of inflation.

15.   Their figures assume vacationers will go back to work on Monday, head out again on Tuesday and return home on Wednesday.

16.   These figures have assumed greater importance than they usually command, in the light of a spectacular fall in US unemployment figures published last Friday.

17.   The figures assumed no change in the trend of world trade or investment flows.