41.   Vajpayee told a national business conference in New Delhi that the Indian economy had already overcome the shocks of the recent global slowdown.

42.   It added that the worst of a recent slowdown in global momentum appeared to have passed.

43.   Robust consumer spending has been the main factor keeping the British economy afloat during the recent global slowdown.

44.   The downturn in industrial output growth reflected an economy that had not yet recovered from a recent slowdown, Kleo-Thong said.