HC Deb 03 March 1994 vol 238 cc877-8W
25. Sir David Knox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the level of total demand in the economy.

Mr. Portillo

For domestic demand, the most recent figures available are for the fourth quarter of 1993. By then, it had risen for seven successive quarters, to a level over 4 per cent. above its trough in the first quarter of 1992. Its growth is forecast to strengthen in 1994.

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