41.   And the economic slowdown, by reducing tax revenues and increasing spending obligations, is already cutting the budget surplus.

42.   And they wonder what will happen to a school funding system heavily reliant on a statewide sales tax when an economic slowdown strikes the state.

43.   And when it happens, it traditionally portends an economic slowdown.

44.   AOL Time Warner allayed immediate concerns that the economic slowdown would bite into advertising and subscriber growth when it reported first-quarter results earlier this month.

45.   As a result of an expected economic slowdown this year, tax revenue will fall and the government is also now in the process of cutting its spending plans.

46.   As a result, an economic slowdown in Asia could hurt Peru.

47.   As for Japan, while the country is emerging from a four-year economic slowdown it still faces serious problems, particularly its weak banking system.

48.   As millions of Americans lost their jobs in an economic slowdown, U.S. companies hired a record number of skilled foreigners under a special visa program.

49.   As for the economic slowdowns that have begun to occur in France and Germany, the two core members of EMU, he said that he was not concerned.

50.   As they move into the stock market, investors are treating high-techs as hedges against economic slowdown.