Growth should accelerate next quarter and we expect the official forecast for the year to be raised. We are seeing signs of electronics improving.

Continuous strength in the electronics sector will drive growth in NODX in December.

We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in the fourth quarter to 5.1 percent.

It's a respectable number for the wrong reasons. It's still oil that's driving imports whilst electronics, which are the No.1 export, are still down. We will surely see some slowdown in exports.

They want to help pre-empt a build-up in inflationary pressures, which is likely to follow after the fuel price increase. They are now being more proactive rather than reacting to the situation.

There is significant saving on interest payments because of lower interest rates.