21.   Those three industries have suffered a severe slowdown in export growth.

22.   With the U.S. economy now in a severe slowdown, economists believe the U.S. trade balance will begin to narrow.

23.   The sharp loss in value has devastated the Mexican economy, quadrupling inflation expectations and raising the spector of a severe economic slowdown.

24.   Several east German political figures have warned against any reduction of aid to the east, which is undergoing a severe economic slowdown.