21.   Politicians and top international economists have exhorted the ECB to cut rates for countries sharing the euro.

22.   Several international economists do not believe the IMF fund will control the situation.

23.   Two societies under authoritarian regimes were cited by international economists Monday as the most economically free in the world -- Hong Kong and Singapore.

24.   In the shorter term, international economists fear further upward pressure on the yen could delay a domestic demand-led upturn in Japan this year.