1.   Government measures to peg back inflation have deepened the recession.

2.   A rise in interest rates, particularly if it deepens a recession, may force many firms into borrowing merely to survive.

3.   But there, taxpayers rebelled as lingering debts raised taxes and deepened a recession.

4.   Meanwhile consumer confidence has plunged, deepening a recession that is already more than two years old.

5.   So like millions of Americans, the Mejia family is cutting expenses, which in turn threatens to deepen the recession.

6.   The economic slowdown around the world after the terrorist attack on America is just deepening a recession in Argentina that already is more than three years old.

7.   The migration from Southern California, which had deepened the recession here and raised worries about a permanent decline, is expected to reverse this year.

8.   Japan should not postpone efforts to deregulate its economy because of fears that opening markets would deepen its recession, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley said Friday.