21.   Lawmakers threatened to impeach him, China rebuffed his offers for a summit and the economy sank into its first recession in decades amid a global slowdown.

22.   On the stock market, the Nikkei fell after the Japanese government announced Friday that its ailing economy sank into a third recession in a decade.

23.   The economy sank into recession last year but is now turning toward recovery.

24.   The economy has sunk into its longest recession since the government started keeping records after World War II.

25.   The economy is sinking deeper into recession, its leaders are widely accused of inaction and mismanagement, and the mood is growing gloomier by the day.

26.   The economy sank with it, deluging other economies in Asia and beyond.

27.   The Nikkei fell after the Japanese government announced Friday that the economy sank into its third recession in a decade.

28.   The political turmoil comes at a time when the economy sinks into recession.

29.   The revised GDP figure shows just how quickly and dramatically the economy sank after the deadliest attack in U.S. history.

30.   But since January a new labor law has been passed, the economy sunk deeper into a downswing and unemployment has been on the rise.