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…showed last 75 words of 1068 total…which has performed relatively well (that is relative to Japan and the US). This year the government saw fit to increase its expenditure to stimulate the economy after the shocking 1.9% growth. Another significant area of government stimulation was in the all-important construction industry (the biggest component of consumer spending) that suffered a huge 20.6% drop in the advent of the GST. In came the first home-buyers scheme and growth shot up 18.1%, close to where it started.