51.   By contrast, signs that the German economy is improving could leave the door open for the Bundesbank to raise rates to keep prices in check.

52.   But without new evidence that the U.S. economy is improving, few analysts or money managers were ready to predict the gains would last.

53.   COLOMBIAN stocks rose for the seventh day as forecasts that the economy will improve raised expectations about future company earnings.

54.   Concern that the economy is improving was raised again yesterday, when a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia suggested manufacturing conditions in the region were improving.

55.   Consumers also grew more hopeful the economy will improve, the Michigan survey showed.

56.   Customer traffic in stores is strong and the company expects its earnings growth to accelerate when the economy improves, Glass said.

57.   Conventional wisdom says that once the economy improves, these men will be looking for jobs and boosting the unemployment rate.

58.   DBL trust sold junk bonds and other Drexel assets as markets rallied and the economy improved, paying the proceeds to creditors each quarter.

59.   Dozens more are in precarious financial situations and may face closing if the economy does not improve.

60.   Despite the disappointing numbers, most analysts predicted the economy would improve in the coming months.