91.   Inflation will be no problem, although unemployment, a lagging indicator, will continue to rise even after the economy improves.

92.   Investors and traders are still awaiting a series of economic reports this week to confirm that the economy is improving enough to quicken inflation.

93.   Investors are already betting that the economy will improve in the coming months, boosting consumer confidence and, with it, retail sales.

94.   It did little to restrain executive pay, however, and as the economy improved, compensation for chief executives took off.

95.   Jacuzzi will be well positioned when the economies of those areas improve, said Jeanette Daly, an analyst with First Honolulu Securities.

96.   Lloyd Thomas, professor of economics at Kansas State University, said rates had to head higher because the economy was improving.

97.   Loewenstein notes that chip firms tend to be highly cyclical and that they are often the first businesses to come back when the economy improves.

98.   Meanwhile, the economy has not improved.

99.   More businesses expect economy to improve.

100.   Most economists agree that the Italian economy has improved over the last few years.