11.   Critics contend that the collateral would be inadequate if the Mexican economy worsened.

12.   Demands for a level playing field will probably mount as the economy worsens.

13.   Even so, Lehmann thinks the economy will worsen further before finally climbing out of its hole.

14.   Even as the economy has worsened, with inflation and unemployment rising and with riots and student demonstrations flaring, Suharto seems to have consolidated his political power.

15.   Government officials say the agency will likely say the economy is worsening, a downgrading from its previous claims that the economy was gradually recovering.

16.   Roman worries that crime will rise if the economy worsens.

17.   Scattered among the more mundane protesters were groups carrying ultranationalist or anti-Semitic banners, which have become more pronounced as the economy has worsened.

18.   Sixty percent of those polled by the Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research said they expect the economy to worsen in the coming year.

19.   The crash came as Germany was already deep into national self-reflection, in an election year that is seeing the economy steadily worsen.

20.   The jobless rate is likely to go up as the economy worsens.