21.   After a moribund second quarter, most economists expect a rebound in the third quarter.

22.   After the market closed, the Federal Reserve announced that consumer borrowing in May rose at a faster pace than economists had expected.

23.   Although business people at one time feared a post-Olympics letdown, economists now expect only minor slowing for perhaps half a year.

24.   Brown and other economists expect sales to level off over the rest of the year.

25.   But few foreign economists expect it to work for long.

26.   But economists expect unemployment to rise in the coming months, which would put further strains on the economy.

27.   But economists still expect the Federal Reserve to engineer another boost in short-term interest rates next week to slow the economy and ensure inflation does not heat up.

28.   But living costs were higher than most economists had expected.

29.   But many economists expect that the Fed will continue to raise rates if economic activity picks up again in the third quarter.

30.   But now, amid signs that some consumers may have reached their debt limits and are having trouble paying their bills, economists expect lenders to tighten credit.