Personal spending rose 43 percent to $1,195 from 1999 to 2001 for those in good health.

Between 1970 and 1988, real spending per student in public schools rose more than 50 percent.

Spending will rise in 2003 to almost $3 billion, or about 18 percent of the book market, she added.

At the same time, local spending will rise only 3.1 percent, to $58 billion.

Do you know why spending is rising so fast at the moment?

Spending rose at three times the rate of inflation during his last six years in office.

Between 1996 and 2001 total public spending rose from 3.2% to 5.5%.

Its spending on international projects will rise at least 20 percent this year, to $150 million.

Total federal spending, by contrast, rose only 23 percent during that period.

Military spending would rise $2.8 billion in the coming fiscal year under the Clinton plan.