101.   The agency confirmed what many investors and economists already believe.

102.   The boom is showing signs of fading now, but economists believe the country is permanently changed.

103.   The drop in exports suggested that the economy might have been growing slower than economists had believed during the spring.

104.   The Federal Reserve had been gradually raising interest rates to offset what some economists believed was out-of-control economic growth.

105.   The country that month also turned in its weakest jobs report in years, yet few economists believe the data reflect reality.

106.   The forces that drove down the euro will eventually reverse, economists believe.

107.   The Heritage Foundation has anticipated the wrangle over how best to rearrange federal farm policy and come up with what its economists believe is the only rational solution.

108.   The return of at least some of those people to the labor market is believed by economists to be what is fueling the unemployment increases that began last year.

109.   The threat to renationalize sections of the Russian economy come as many economists believe the economic reforms are about to yield results.

110.   There was no mention of an income tax cut, which many economists believe is key to increasing domestic demand.