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Thu 06 Jun 2004Topical paper keeps economics vibrantLeaving Certificate Economics: A summary of Ireland's economic performance of the last 12 months was just one of the topical questions on yesterday's Leaving Certificate Higher Level Economics paper. Students were broadly satisfied with the paper, which was described as "testing but fair"."This paper continued in the same vein as in the previous three years," Mr Frank McKenna, spokesman for the ASTI, said. "Most of the students I spoke to in my own school felt the paper was testing but fair. From first observations students will certainly have to earn their grades, with most of them writing right up to the end of the test."