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Rosy forecast, Ontario Treasurer Robert Nixon has reason to smile about his budget, which forecasts the provincial economy growing by 4.2 per cent and inflation falling to 3.8 per cent
Rosy forecast, Ontario Treasurer Robert Nixon has reason to smile about his budget, which forecasts the provincial economy growing by 4.2 per cent and inflation falling to 3.8 per cent

Rosy forecast, Ontario Treasurer Robert Nixon has reason to smile about his budget, which forecasts the provincial economy growing by 4.2 per cent and inflation falling to 3.8 per cent

Date5/13/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rosy forecast, Ontario Treasurer Robert Nixon has reason to smile about his budget, which forecasts the provincial economy growing by 4.2 per cent and inflation falling to 3.8 per cent.
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