Word: spate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins followed a spate of encouraging indicators. After running a $600 million trade deficit in 1968, Britain last year piled up an estimated $1 billion surplus. Reflecting a return of international confidence in sterling, monetary traders last week bid the pound above par-which is $2.40 -for the first time in 20 months...