31.   Those concerns hurt shares of so-called cyclical stocks, shares of companies whose profits rise and fall depending on how the economy performs.

32.   Those estimates differ, largely because of different assumptions about how the economy will perform in the future.

33.   We think the economy is performing beautifully.

34.   We think the economy is performing beuatifully.

35.   Yamaguchi pointed to the recent performance of U.S. financial markets as a sign the economy is performing well.

36.   Yamaguchi pointed to the recent performance of the U.S. financial markets as a sign the economy is performing well.

37.   All of those figures, of course, could change if the economy performs worse or better than projected.

38.   Analysts noted the economy performed well until the end of the third quarter, when the peso and interest rate crisis accelerated.

39.   But it still depends on how the economy performs.

40.   Economists watch the orders numbers for signs of how the manufacturing economy will perform in coming months.