21.   Auto, steel and machinery companies are considered cyclical because their products are in greater demand when the economy is expanding.

22.   Banks, which Eickert said are expected to increase business as the economy expands and more use is made of new technology and electronic banking services, also rose.

23.   Bond yields could rise following the output report, though, because it suggests the economy may be expanding at a pace that could cause inflation to accelerate.

24.   Bonds were bolstered by reports on manufacturing and housing that suggested the economy was expanding slow enough to keep inflation from accelerating.

25.   A survey of weekly jobless claims showed a surprising drop, also suggesting the economy is expanding at a brisk pace.

26.   Both reports boosted expectations that the economy will expand this year enough to support earnings growth.

27.   Businesses and consumers always get cocky when the economy is expanding.

28.   But as the Cold War ended, workers prospered and the United States economy expanded.

29.   But as the economy expands, the Fed raises rates, hoping to restrain consumer demand and therefore inflation.

30.   But there, just over the border, the economy is expanding rapidly.