"But I have made this decision in light of the need to pass the extraordinary budget through Parliament at an early date."

Furthermore, we should utilise an extraordinary budget line, since this is an extraordinarily catastrophic situation.

However, there is no doubt that, without an extraordinary budget appropriation, we will be unable to mobilise the necessary funds.

"This has been an extraordinary budget year, one that we will probably never see again," Mr. Thompson said.

On the minus side, Mr. Greenspan cited the "extraordinary budget deficits which have occurred as a consequence of his original tax proposals."

Although Taco Bell's same-store sales fell 1 percent, operating profits rose 33 percent, excluding extraordinary budget items, Mr. Adelman said.

Perhaps it is time we realised that alongside the ordinary budget, we need an extraordinary budget to make loans financed by a major European loan, which would permit investment.

Our extraordinary budget is already becoming increasingly costly and covers an increasingly dense network of EU agencies which inevitably involve duplication of effort and overlapping authority.

There are also intangibles, such as America's recent unpopularity, increased barriers for visa seekers and extraordinary budget and trade deficits, which might make an issuer think twice about a dollar-denominated stock.

Some financial monitors say this approach is piecemeal and short-sighted, but Mayor David N. Dinkins's aides say it is part of a broad plan to cope with extraordinary budget gaps.

If New York's economy had begun even a modest recovery last year from a deep five-year recession, as many economists had expected, there would have been a vastly diminished need for extraordinary budget cuts.