61.   Tens of thousands of people have been laid off, the economy has weakened, and the cost of health care and health insurance has shot up.

62.   The American economy has been weakening for a year.

63.   The attacks came at a time when the U.S. economy was already weakening and the stock market still in a bear market.

64.   The arguments, analysts said, instead underline the frustration for OPEC countries as the global economy weakens, and oil demand and prices follow.

65.   The dollar was little changed, hovering near a six-month high against the yen, on lingering concern the Japanese economy may weaken further.

66.   The Fed maintained its hard-nosed stance despite indications that the economy is weakening substantially.

67.   The government had also downgraded the economic assessment when it said last week that the economy was weakening.

68.   The latest cut, its fourth, came on the heels of continued news indicating that the economy was weakening.

69.   The negative number means a majority of managers think the economy will weaken.

70.   The report by the National Association of Purchasing Management provide perhaps the clearest sign yet that the economy is weakening.