11.   Pro-market economic programs that drew investors to Latin America have stalled, undermining investor confidence, according to a panel of leading U.S. economists.

12.   Rabin has enlisted Richard Thaler, another leading behavioral economist at the University of Chicago.

13.   Some leading economists argue strongly that free-floating currencies are still the best system.

14.   The mediator appointed by Juppe is Jean Matteoli, a leading economist.

15.   The report prompted some leading economists to consider lowering their third-quarter growth forecasts for the entire economy.

16.   The report added to the picture of a slowing economy evident in other reports, including a downward revision in money supply growth and forecasts by leading private economists.

17.   Woolly-headed nonsense, according to some leading economists.

18.   A leading economist said Bulgaria must urgently sell off money-losing state enterprises or face hyperinflation.

19.   A leading economist said Thursday that this poor Balkan country faces hyperinflation unless it stages an urgent sell-off of money-losing state enterprises.

20.   In the report, the government details various suggestions by academics and leading economists on how to cope with speculation against the Hong Kong dollar.