1.   He was recently appointed chief economist at the Bank of Scotland.

2.   Stiglitz left this week to become chief economist at the World Bank.

3.   National Westminster Bank chief economist David Kern forecast any upturn in the UK economy would be led by the North.

4.   Gavyn Davies, chief economist at the US investment house Goldman Sachs said the City was not yet convinced that recovery was in place.

5.   David the chief economist of Nat West Bank expects output to rise by only point six percent this year.

6.   Also aiding the housing market is the recent turn by homebuyers to adjustable mortgage rates to finance their purchases, according to David Seiders, NAHB chief economist.

7.   American Skandia Life Assurance Co., Shelton, Conn., named Lawrence Kudlow chief economist.

8.   An increase in retail sales last month should come as no surprise, said Diane Swonk, deputy chief economist at First Chicago, NBD.

9.   And Anthony Chan, chief economist at Banc One Investment Advisors Corp., in Columbus, Ohio said the economy could run out of steam in the months ahead.

10.   And in most cases, says Sinai, chief economist at Primark Decision Economics, rates rise because inflation is climbing or because investors think it will climb.