11.   A larger-than-expected supplementary budget might help the market.

12.   A leading politician in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said his party will seek to pass a supplementary budget, according to a report in the Jiji Press.

13.   A third supplementary budget is expected later in the year.

14.   A supplementary budget not only could heat up the economy, it could also increase the issuance of bonds to finance the package.

15.   All this makes it more likely the government will have to compile another supplementary budget this year to stimulate the economy, economists say.

16.   Also riding on the GDP figures is the debate over the size of the supplementary budget to be approved in early January.

17.   But they added that they did not have the votes to override the governor should he decide to slice that supplementary budget to shreds with his veto pen.

18.   By July, it has promised a supplementary budget.

19.   By then, trust banks and other financial institutions will have reported half-year profits and the government will have released the contents of its second supplementary budget.

20.   Cabinet members will meet the press and appear on television talk shows to discuss a possible supplementary budget and economic reform.