11.   An already slowing economy suffered further after the attacks, creating more unemployed people who join the ranks of the uninsured.

12.   Anti-tax lawmakers say tax collections would drag down electronic commerce at a time when the high-tech economy already is suffering.

13.   Asian economies have suffered stock price drops, currency devaluations and slowing growth during the past year.

14.   But along the way, the economy suffered busts that make the current slowdown look tame.

15.   Business groups agree, saying the economy will suffer if the crisis drags on too long.

16.   But in recent years, the economy has suffered.

17.   Caribbean leaders, in turn, told Clinton earlier this month their economies were suffering.

18.   European economies are still suffering from high joblessness.

19.   Even if a strike is averted, the economy will suffer when the frenzy of prestrike production ends, the report said.

20.   Government spokesman Lamassoure warned that the French economy would suffer if the strikes were to continue.