1.   Once again, in his autumn statement yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was forecasting an economic upturn.

2.   Only in the last two years have we seen signs of an economic upturn.

3.   This, combined with the economic upturn means that increasingly, there are skills and labour shortages.

4.   It was expected that an economic upturn would lead to attempts to repay foreign debts and thus gain Libya access to fresh lines of international credit.

5.   But, with signs of an economic upturn and a strong balance sheet, Anglia faced the future confidently.

6.   But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn.

7.   Among the factors Karmen cited were the decline of crack, the economic upturn and the more aggressive policing strategies.

8.   An economic upturn, however, will take care of much of that.

9.   And Oakland began climbing out of an employment recession just as the Raiders returned to town, but that economic upturn is part of a California-wide trend.

10.   A possible economic upturn in the second half was unlikely to benefit the retail sector and companies.