1.   Analysts said the central bankers also acted to avoid being blamed for triggering a recession that likely would have carried into the presidential election campaign next year.

2.   A market drop may not trigger a recession, but a recession always harms the stock market.

3.   Escalating energy prices could help trigger a recession, he said.

4.   He warned that additional interest-rate increases would trigger a recession for the city next year.

5.   If, in bursting the bubble, the Fed triggers a recession, it will get all the blame.

6.   If the stock market plunge dampens consumer and business spending, it could trigger a recession.

7.   Some economists feared any negative talk would scare consumers and trigger a recession, but Americans kept spending at record levels.

8.   The Clinton administration downplayed signs of economic weakness, saying that a modest slowdown in the long run is unlikely to trigger a recession.

9.   The Federal Reserve has managed to tame inflation without triggering a recession, New York Federal Reserve Bank President WIlliam J. McDonough said.

10.   What brought the parties together was a series of bank failures that triggered a recession in the Scandinavian countries five years ago.