Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman seemed to grow a little more slowly into his character, but only because we are used to seeing Ian Holm for so long in the The Lord of the Rings film credits.

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Because Europe's governments have signed away national control of interest rates, fiscal policy is the only tool to hand if the single monetary policy leaves their economies growing more slowly than they might, or faster than they can sustain without pressure on wages and property prices.

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Even though new figures show it is shrinking more slowly, the job market is shrinking all the same, which is why only 4 percent of people in our lead Facebook pulse say unemployment will return to 5 percent within the year, which is where it was when the recession began -- 20 percent say next year -- 57 percent say within five years, within 10 years, only 1 percent.

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Not only has the American economy rebounded, but Japan and the euro area are also now growing again, albeit more slowly.

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