21.   Company economists agreed.

22.   Debt reduction contributed to the lower interest rates the country has enjoyed for years, most economists agree.

23.   Economists agree that the Fed needs to factor foreign demand for exports into its projections about the domestic economy.

24.   Economists agree that the mini-boom in the housing, automobile and telecommunications industries this year cannot be sustained.

25.   Economists agree that the rate cuts should help position the country for an eventual recovery.

26.   Economists agree.

27.   Economists agreed it is still too early to say whether another rate cut after this one will push inflation higher.

28.   Economists agreed.

29.   Economists generally agree that expansions do not simply die of old age.

30.   Economists generally agree that rising wages are the trigger for rising prices of goods and services as employers try to pass on their increased labor costs.