The bad news is that money has to be spent to stimulate the economy and feed a vigorous expansion and it must be created to be spent.

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The fact is, both companies and consumers have the financial capacity to fuel an even more vigorous economic expansion.

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He also put in place a vigorous international expansion plan that included the purchase last year of Volkswagen's Brazilian heavy-truck business and this year of a 25% stake in Sinotruk, China's biggest maker of heavy trucks.

ECONOMIST: MAN, VW and Scania