21.   Gingrich said the president had agreed to use the economic assumptions of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in the negotiations, a concession that the Republicans had been seeking.

22.   Gingrich said Clinton had made an important concession by agreeing to use the economic assumptions of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in the negotiations.

23.   He based his calculations upon the current state of negotiations, using the economic assumptions of the official Congressional Budget Office.

24.   He relied on economic assumptions from his own Office of Management and Budget that were more optimistic than those the Republicans obtained from the Congressional Budget Office.

25.   He effectively reneged on his promise to show how he would balance a budget in seven years, using the more conservative economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office.

26.   How did the economic assumptions of previous administrations compare with the actual results?

27.   If CBO adopts more optimistic economic assumptions, money would be freed to reduce the size of savings from Medicare and Medicaid.

28.   In addition to their differences over spending cuts, the Clinton administration and Republican congressional leaders are fighting over what economic assumptions to adopt in a budget plan.

29.   In its latest economic assumptions, the central bank raised its expectations of where interest rates and the currency should be compared with its views three months ago.

30.   In the end, resolving differences over economic assumptions may be crucial to a final deal.