101.   The government has spent tens of billions of dollars on major infrastructure projects to boost the economy amid the global downturn.

102.   The global downturn was reflected in the development of the different earnings components.

103.   The German economy, the biggest in the euro zone, has been hit harder than the rest by the global downturn.

104.   The Israeli high-tech industry, still one of the fastest growing in the world, has been hit hard by the global economic downturn.