21.   With land prices dropping and farm debt growing, farmers were caught in a classic squeeze.

22.   Although the overdue wage debt is growing, it is doing so at a slower pace than in the past, the committee added.

23.   Retail sales, corporate profits and housing prices are stuck at lackluster levels as government debt grows.

24.   The debt has been growing ever since.

25.   But as public debt has grown faster than GDP, economists believe it is time for serious reform.

26.   Production has fallen by a fifth and the government debt is still growing rapidly.