31.   Such a ban would be the most important measure because it affects the economy most directly.

32.   The finance minister said that while the Bank of Japan sets the discount rate, the government needs to observe and discuss how it affects the economy.

33.   The necessary rise in fossil energy prices would affect economies profoundly.

34.   The trade deficit is one of the few tangible ways in which the American economy has been affected by recent global economic turmoil.

35.   The White House has argued that replacement workers undermine the collective bargaining process and reduce productivity, affecting the economy.

36.   The war will greatly affect their economies, as it will that of the rest of Russia.

37.   The whole economy is affected.

38.   These members argued that the five earlier interest rate increases this year, starting in February, had not had time to affect the economy.

39.   To the extent that the stock market affects the economy, we respond to that.

40.   Typically, it takes six months to a year for the interest rate changes to affect the economy.