61.   The drop is one of several recent signs that the economy is rapidly losing steam.

62.   The economy is losing its oomph and consumers are edgy.

63.   The economy will lose talents needed by U.S. business.

64.   The drop in the Chicago factory index lent credence to the view that the economy may lose steam in the current quarter.

65.   The economy is losing its oomph.

66.   The economy lost more jobs than it has in any month in the last five years.

67.   The Federal Reserve will act quickly to lower interest rates if the economy loses too much momentum, he said.

68.   The government reported that the U.S. economy lost jobs in May for the second month in a row.

69.   The May gain still runs counter to other recent government statistics that suggest the economy is losing momentum.

70.   The Irish economy is losing a bit of its luster as the high-tech boom fades.