11.   Blinder has publicly expressed concern that the economy might be weakening more than is necessary to control inflation.

12.   Bond prices rose sharply as investors bet that the economy would weaken and undercut pressures to raise interest rates.

13.   Both reports contributed to the view that the U.S. economy is weakening.

14.   A report on February industrial production is due tomorrow and it is expected to confirm the economy is weakening.

15.   A strong jobs report could strengthen the dollar, by suggesting that the economy is not weakening after all.

16.   A weaker yuan could spur export growth at a time that the economy is weakening, foreign investment is falling, and millions of urban workers are facing unemployment.

17.   All the same, even the most optimistic economist admits that many heavily indebted Americans will face an hour of reckoning if the economy weakens further.

18.   But bankers are seeing enough loans from earlier years go sour that they are scared to make risky loans now, as the economy weakens.

19.   But as the quarter progressed, it became clear that the economy was weakening further.

20.   But part of the improvement has come in higher commissions and tips that would disappear if the economy weakens or sales fall off.