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Economic activity continued to expand in the first quarter of 1966. After allowing for seasonal factors, there was a sharp increase in consumers' expenditure, and a recovery in stockbuilding from its low rate in the previous quarter. The balance of payments on current account, which had shown a surplus in the fourth quarter of last year, deteriorated and there was a deficit equal to that of a year ago.