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Looking ahead in the autumn of 1960 it had seemed that there would be a further rise in home demand in 1961, perhaps interrupted in the earlier months by a fall in stockbuilding. In January the change in hire purchase regulations and the Board of Trade survey of investment intentions together suggested that the extent of the rise would be greater than had previously seemed likely.
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