What we will try to do, sir, is to ensure that people understand the range of assumptions that are underlying those economic forecasts and what they mean in fiscal planning terms. I don't think anybody has, as you know, sir, a perfect crystal ball, whether you look at errors of private sector forecasts over the past 10 years or the Department of Finance. It's kind of a mixed bag in terms of there being some positives and negatives in terms of different economic and fiscal variables. Partly because of the way we've managed the fiscal framework, there have been some significant surpluses.
On May 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.