1.   Economic woes forced the government to devalue.

2.   Although it is a prosperous and productive state, Iowa is no more immune to the economic woes that beset the nation than any other state.

3.   And politicians, of course, have good reason to throw up their hands and blame mysterious global forces for their national economic woes.

4.   And its plight seems to be worsening amid broader economic woes.

5.   And the world is not as unaware of their economic woes as she believes.

6.   And they are increasingly worried that any recovery in the United States will be inhibited by the flagging performance of the European economy and the economic woes of Japan.

7.   Argentine shares plunged as South Korean economic woes and the collapse of a Japanese brokerage eroded investor confidence, especially in emerging markets.

8.   At least a dozen persons have killed themselves over economic woes, including one jobless man who had no money to buy his daughters clothes for the new year.

9.   At a time when Germany stands ready to join with the rest of Europe in adopting a single currency, it is suffering from a host of economic woes.

10.   Automakers fell amid U.S. warnings that it will not let Japan export its way out of its economic woes.