11.   If the dollar falls too far too fast, it could reignite inflation and influence the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates so high as to weaken the economy.

12.   In poorer emerging nations, economies are weakened by awful roads and highways, tiny harbors and airports, and weak sewage and power systems.

13.   In the past, the conflicting signals sent to the financial markets have been a factor in weakening the economy.

14.   In the United States, new signs emerged on Wednesday of slowing demand for goods, which could further weaken the economy.

15.   Still, the system is in danger of becoming so expensive that it would send taxes soaring and weaken the economy.

16.   Tauscher cited as an example the delay in Congress last year in funding the International Monetary Fund to shore up weakening Asian economies.

17.   That could reduce Argentine exports and weaken the economy.

18.   That reluctance, shared by chief executives across manufacturing, could become self-fulfilling, weakening the economy for many months.

19.   The danger is that this mood of uncertainty may further weaken an economy that is already vulnerable to a slowdown.

20.   Plunging corporate profits were forcing a cutback on capital investment, further weakening the economy, it said.