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Manufacturing and construction firms also reported payroll declines, offsetting gains in health care.

Many of these provisions are key to offsetting the large tax cuts included in the spending bill.

Most experts and governments agree that rapid action is needed, including a combination of offsetting emissions and reducing them altogether.

Her choices are strange and reserved, keenly offsetting bursts of personality when the scene or situation calls for it.

"Even as interest rates have come down, this measure of affordability has not eased significantly, with rising house prices largely offsetting any lowering of payments through falling rates," its review of household finances said.