1.   But there have been recent signs that growth could ease.

2.   Concern that a slowing economy will dampen earnings growth prompted investors to buy shares of pharmaceutical companies, whose earnings do well even when economic growth eases.

3.   Economic growth eases racial and ethnic tensions.

4.   German stocks led the gains after economic reports indicated economic growth may accelerate, while slowing money supply growth eased inflation concern.

5.   He said the major threat to the economy is the sustained high level of oil prices, although slower economic growth should ease that problem by curtailing demand.

6.   Investors said the German central bank was just waiting for a clearer picture of how much growth has stalled and money supply growth eased.

7.   Investors said the German central bank is just waiting for a clearer picture of how much growth has stalled and money supply growth eased.

8.   Slower wage growth may ease concerns expressed by Federal Reserve policy-makers that rising wages will spark a pickup in inflation.

9.   Slowing growth may ease inflationary pressures and keep interest rates from having to rise too much.

10.   The initiative comes at a time when BankBoston is growing rapidly, and that growth could ease pressures to make cuts.