1.   Asian countries have been highly sensitive to troubles elsewhere because of the impact that outside economic shocks could have on fragile economic recoveries here.

2.   At the same time, fragile recoveries in Germany and Japan will likely keep interest rates there from rising, and hold their currencies in check, he said.

3.   But if stocks remain stuck in their underlying slump, consumers may rein in their spending, which would damage a fragile economic recovery.

4.   Connell said California has had a fragile recovery from its long recession, while demands for schools, health and welfare services, and prisons continue to grow.

5.   French factories produced more than expected in December and companies created more jobs in the fourth quarter, signaling the fragile recovery may be taking hold.

6.   The fragile recovery is yielding far more modest growth and prospects.

7.   While most analysts were skeptical Japan would endanger its fragile economic recovery by raising borrowing costs, the possibility, however dim, weighed on the dollar.

8.   A fragile economic recovery is cut short, plunging the country back into recession.

9.   But higher interest rates could also stifle the fragile recovery of the beleaguered European economy by making it more expensive to borrow money.

10.   Earlier in the day, the Nikkei had slipped near a three-year low on continuing pessimism about the fragile economic recovery.