31.   The economy is shrinking for the third year in a row.

32.   The economy shrank for the past seven quarters.

33.   The Economics Ministry said in a report Thursday that the economy probably shrank in the first quarter.

34.   The economy is shrinking and unemployment is disturbingly high.

35.   The DIW economic research institute forecast this week that the economy will shrink in the first quarter.

36.   The government had already reported that the economy shrank over the summer for the first time in eight years.

37.   The economy shrank in September as a result of the furor following the broadcast of a video that showed Montesinos paying a bribe to a politician.

38.   The government recently reported that the Japanese economy actually shrank in the three months after the tax increases took affect.

39.   The German and French economies, the largest in Europe, contracted in the fourth quarter and the German economy probably shrank again in the first quarter.

40.   The government recently reported that the Japanese economy shrank in the three months after the tax increases took affect.