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Lower GST rates coincide with the beginning of a long festive season when Indians typically open their purse strings to buy everything from new cars to clothes.

However, these rates will "fluctuate significantly as the situation in different countries in the Middle East is volatile", adds the unnamed underwriter.

She said about £7bn a year could be extracted by the end of the decade by taxing what she described as unexpected profits the banks had made as a result of high interest rates.

Based on the current congressional map, Inside Elections rates 64 House seats nationwide as being at least somewhat competitive, with a dozen considered toss-ups.

“Germany had to resort to guest worker programs when birth rates declined,” said Kevin Johnson, a former UC Davis law school dean.