11.   When the economy slumped, Mazda was left with excess capacity and costs.

12.   With the new economy slumping even more than the old one, Yahoo is facing, as it acknowledged, a tough year.

13.   Peruvian economy is slumping after spectacular growth.

14.   And legislator James Tien Pei-chun of the Liberal Party said employers would only ignore the guidelines when the economy slumped.

15.   But as the economy has slumped, the market lending rate has soared to a high level.

16.   Disneyland Paris made its debut just as the European economy slumped.

17.   Haitians, disappointed that promised democracy has not brought prosperity, have come to the polls in fewer and fewer numbers as the economy has slumped.

18.   Hong Kong finance officials glowingly endorsed their financial system Thursday even though the economy is slumping and unemployment has reached a three-year high.

19.   Morgan Stanley International came out with its latest forecast this week that the Thai economy could slump by eight per cent.

20.   Statistics Monday showed the Romanian economy has slumped over the last year, much more than Ciorbea predicted.