11.   If the economy shrinks, demand for steel products falls.

12.   In the fourth quarter of last year, the economy shrank for the first time in almost a decade.

13.   In the one period when the economy shrank, the Great Depression, people borrowed less rather than go deeper into debt.

14.   In the short term, the limitation on bank withdrawals could slow spending at a time when the economy is already shrinking fast.

15.   It was the third consecutive quarter in which the economy shrank, the first such streak in more than two decades.

16.   It was the third consecutive quarter in which the economy shrank, the first such streak in nearly a decade.

17.   Its economy has been shrinking for three years.

18.   Its economy shrank in the first quarter and almost certainly shrank in the second, the technical definition of recession.

19.   Japanese bonds pared losses to trade little changed after the government said the economy shrank more than expected in the second quarter.

20.   Japan recently reported that its economy shrank in the three months after the tax increase took affect.