11.   The IMF, backed by the U.S. Treasury Department, says it wants Argentina to impose further austerity measures and develop a sustainable economic recovery plan before resuming aid.

12.   The key for a sustainable economic recovery will be whether personal spending picks up as well, the Economic Planning Agency said.

13.   Thus, it is still too early to predict whether the recent market rebound is the beginning of a sustainable recovery or just a flash in the pan.

14.   Consumer spending and business investment -- the two critical components of a sustainable recovery -- were weaker than earlier thought, the data showed.

15.   Japanese monetary authoreities have repeatedly said sustainable economic recovery depended on increased private investment, rather than public spending on major projects by the governmment.

16.   Several analysts, however, emphasised that a sustainable recovery hinged on concrete action by the central security authorities.