31.   James E. Glassman, the senior United States economist at Chase Manhattan Bank, sees beauty in a modest slowdown.

32.   James E. Glassman, senior U.S. economist at Chase Manhattan Bank, also expects the Fed to raise interest rates this month.

33.   Joe LaVorgna, a senior economist at Deutsche Bank Alex.

34.   Larry Moran, a senior economist for the US Department of Commerce, said personal consumption expenditures in the fourth quarter are rising only slightly less than last year.

35.   Kostas Panagiotou, senior economist at HLG Securities Bhd., said he expects the government soon will announce that the trade balance improved in November.

36.   Masaaki Kanno, senior economist at J.P. Morgan in Tokyo, is also unconcerned.

37.   Now that that has happened, however, a senior economist at the Bank of China insisted that it was inconceivable Beijing would authorize such a defensive operation.

38.   Peter Jaquette, a senior economist at the WEFA Group, holds a similar view.

39.   Peter Emerson, senior economist for the Environmental Defense Fund, said he was disturbed by the lack of progress in Mexico.

40.   Peter Munckton, a senior economist at Bankers Trust Australia, agreed.