1.   There were also continued signs of a cooling economy that will make inflation less likely to pick up speed in coming months.

2.   Bonds gained for the first time in four days amid optimism government reports tomorrow and Friday will show a cooling economy is curbing inflation.

3.   But the rate of productivity growth slowed for the second straight quarter, adding to the abundant evidence of a cooling economy.

4.   But the cooling economy has yielded a more serious sense of purpose.

5.   Conrad has further charged that the cuts, combined with revenues lost by a cooling economy, will force Congress to tap the Medicare trust fund.

6.   Given that expectation, investors should focus on exporters, mining companies and shippers, all of which will be partly shielded from a cooling economy.

7.   He wonders how long Illinois can stay ahead of a cooling U.S. economy.

8.   It comes as labor problems, poor weather and a cooling economy leave bigger airlines with declining earnings and, in some cases, losses.

9.   It got that and more, since a cooling economy suggests low inflation.

10.   Some were affected by the Asian crisis while others blamed the cooling U.S. economy.