1.   With the recent weakness in the auto industry, automakers are cutting production schedules.

2.   Although gilts lost gains they were otherwise supported by growing optimism that recent relative gilt weakness will tempt value-conscious European bond investors to switch into British assets.

3.   Bank stocks rebounded, meanwhile, as investors said their recent weakness may have been overdone.

4.   But she said that the most recent weakness in the Johnson Redbook data and a slowdown in auto sales suggested that the retail reports would be soft.

5.   But some market strategists said that recent weakness in technology issues boded well for stocks.

6.   Central Bank Deputy Governor Lars Heikensten said last month that recent weakness in the krona was one reason for not lowering official rates.

7.   From this point of view, indeed, the recent weakness in equities is welcome.

8.   Greenough added the job cuts have nothing to do with recent weakness in the US economy.

9.   He noted that the industrial production data showed some moderation in manufacturing growth, especially when combined with recent weakness in several industrial commodity prices.

10.   He noted that the recent weakness of the IRS because of budget cuts and new restraints imposed by Congress had only emboldened corporations.