11.   Although the gains in income and spending suggested the possibility of higher inflation, forecasters asserted that the longer-term trend was for an economic slowdown.

12.   Americans appear less prepared than ever to weather a prolonged stint of joblessness or extended economic slowdown, a stream of recent surveys suggest.

13.   An economic slowdown that snuffs demand for stocks and dampens trading activity.

14.   An economic slowdown will leave the central bank little room to raise interest rates, which are also at record lows.

15.   Analysts say the falls came as investors worried that an economic slowdown in Japan will mean less investment in manufacturing and construction, the biggest markets for steel.

16.   Analysts were expecting poor results due to high interest rates, a political crisis and general signs of economic slowdown.

17.   An economic slowdown and increasing competition from the Big Five consulting firms could lead to a large shakeout in the industry.

18.   An Asian economic slowdown could mean less competition abroad for U.S. multinationals.

19.   An economic slowdown in Asia should reduce U.S. exports to the region.

20.   An economic slowdown in Asia would likely hurt Chile more than any other country in Latin America, the newspaper El Mercurio reported today.