11.   Expectations for another Fed rate cut have been waning in recent weeks amid signs the economy may be strengthening.

12.   For many of these workers, temporary assignments can lead to permanent employment when the economy strengthens.

13.   Generally, corporate municipal bonds may gain in price as the economy strengthens, but Conery is cautious.

14.   In March, bad news in Argentina also depressed Polish bond prices even while the Polish economy was strengthening, he said.

15.   In the past few years, the Texas economy has strengthened, making its cities attractive to other Americans as well as to foreigners.

16.   Investors shied away from interest-rate-sensitive issues such as credit companies on concern domestic rates may rise as the economy strengthens.

17.   It left the impression that the large increase the market saw in July was a distortion and not a signal that the economy was strengthening.

18.   Japanese bonds fell to four-month lows as the dollar rise sparked concern the Japanese economy might strengthen and breed inflation.

19.   Many expect that the economy will strengthen again by the fall, after the summer breather.

20.   Retailers, building material and paper and packaging stocks, whose earnings tend to swing with the economy, rose amid optimism the economy is strengthening.