21.   Last year, Ukraine and Turkmenistan were the only former Soviet republics to see their official economies shrink.

22.   Many economists expect the economy to have shrunk in the fourth quarter.

23.   North Korea, whose economy has been shrinking for the past seven years, has been suffering food shortages and has appealed to international organizations for assistance.

24.   Overnight, the Mexican economy has shrunk from a size large to a size small, without ever stopping at medium.

25.   Some analysts said the economy could shrink in the second quarter.

26.   Speculation the economy shrank from July to September drove up the dollar.

27.   The American economy did not shrink in the fourth quarter of last year as many economists had expected.

28.   The agency also concluded that growth was notably strong that year in deregulated businesses like telephone services, electricity and gasoline, even as the overall economy shrunk.

29.   The American economy shrank in the third quarter.

30.   The economy shrank significantly more this summer than the government initially estimated, the Commerce Department said Friday.