11.   Moreover, movie theaters tend to make money no matter how the economy performs.

12.   On the eve of a midterm election, evidence that the economy is performing better than anticipated was welcome news for Democrats.

13.   Philippine government officials want a relaxation of monetary growth ceilings, saying the economy has performed better than expected.

14.   Since late last year, they said, the economy has performed substantially better than anticipated.

15.   Sure, the surplus is not the only reason that the economy has performed so well lately.

16.   That concern hurt shares of so-called cyclical stocks, shares of companies whose profits rise and fall depending on how the economy performs.

17.   That passed, and this scandal could as well, assuming the economy performs reasonably well.

18.   That, however, depends not only on how the economy performs over the next decade, but on how Congress and the president perform.

19.   The better the economy performs, the less likely another rate cut becomes.

20.   The American economy has performed so well that the budget deficit is set to vanish this year.