1.   High interest rates are crippling and an unstable economy can produce them at any time.

2.   Kasich called for the elimination of OPIC, calling it a risk to taxpayers who will be forced to pay the costs of unsuccessful corporate investments in unstable economies.

3.   Morgan brushed off fears, expressed by emerging-market fund managers, that a falling rand is symptomatic of an unstable economy.

4.   Supporters said the bill would have opened markets in the unstable economy.

5.   But the former Democratic vice presidential candidate said an unstable U.S. economy and a heated debate over whether to allow Mexican trucks on U.S. soil could undermine their support.

6.   Reformers have urged Yeltsin not to sacrifice Chubais, warning that his ouster would hurt the unstable Russian economy.

7.   The delegates will argue that a political battle for the party leadership would further weaken the unstable economy.