1.   But buying junk debt today means a bet that the economy will avoid a recession and begin to bounce back by year-end.

2.   But when the economy avoided the recession that many analysts had predicted, the wealth effect did not look so potent.

3.   But while expressing confidence that the economy will avoid a recession, he nonetheless scaled back his estimates of future consumer outlays because of the weak job market.

4.   Dynamic, wealthy societies suffer boom-and-bust cycles, while stagnant economies generally avoid both busts and booms.

5.   Factory output and retail sales increased last month, in a sign that the economy will avoid a recession.

6.   Even so, the U.S. economy will probably avoid a recession over the next six months, according to economists surveyed by the National Association of Business Economists.

7.   He also said he expected that the world economy would avoid slipping into a recession.

8.   Still, consumers continue to spend, helped by the rate cuts, and the economy avoids a recession.

9.   Stock prices came back, and major economies avoided recession.

10.   The only way for its outcome to be remarkable would be for the economy to avoid a recession.