Clinton's Lucky Numbers

Wall Street is booming, and confidence is zooming, all in expectation he will do what he promised

He's going to do something. He really is. And it's going to work.

From Wall Street to Main Street, that seems to be the prevalent opinion of Bill Clinton's yet-to-be-unveiled tax-and-spending policy. Such faith might seem a gossamer launching pad for a blast-off by the $6 trillion U.S. economy. And the President is clearly arousing hopes that he could have severe trouble fulfilling. But as the drum roll for Clinton's State of the Union speech next Wednesday gets louder, what was a limping recovery from the 1990-91 recession is quickening into something more like a sprint.

Some stock traders might even...

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