Macroeconomic Advisers, for example, lifted its third-quarter prediction to 2% from 1.6% and fourth-quarter estimate to 1.4% from 1.3%.

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Once the cap was lifted, it meant that a millionaire, for example, might end up paying 10 times as much for Medicare as he had previously even though the Medicare benefit had not changed at all.

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From April 1st, for example, a ban on the export of palm oil is due to be lifted, so the domestic price should rise sharply.

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