21.   The United States was prepared to work creatively and constructively on an agreement that will address structural weaknesses and reinforce market confidence where needed, he said.

22.   Five years after German reunification, the economy of former East Germany still suffers from structural weaknesses in both capital and marketing, a report said Monday.

23.   Tietmeyer said that the high rate of unemployment was the result less of weakness in the economy than of structural weaknesses in the way the economy works.

24.   This was particularly important because recovery tended to mask structural weaknesses which persisted.

25.   Still, the report did not find that the recovery would be strong enough to reverse long-term structural weaknesses in the Golden State.