With new home sales strong, purchasing managers hungry for more supplies, and few businesses over-stocked, economic output appears set to continue ripping along.

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Purchasing import licenses was vital, and McDonald supplies choice anecdotes of how Ambani dealt with officials and politicians.

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The FAO said in 1995 that the nutritional crisis could only be overcome by adequate food supplies in the country, restoring the viability of the Iraqi Dinar, and enabling ordinary families to acquire "adequate purchasing power".

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