11.   Even as its recession deepens, the Mexican government is trying to assure the United States that paying back the aid package is a priority.

12.   Even as its recession deepens, the Mexican government is making strong gestures to assure the United States that paying back the aid package is a priority.

13.   Instead, the recession deepened.

14.   The lessons it learned are being tested as an economic recession deepens, sparking angry protests.

15.   He said Murayama would quit in the autumn as the recession would have deepened by then.

16.   HSBC Securities economist, Peter Morgan, said the rise of the unemployment figure showed the recession was deepening.