21.   And fourth, how quickly will central banks cut interest rates if growth does slow sharply?

22.   And higher rates could spook equity investors if they conclude that the economy and earnings growth will finally slow significantly.

23.   And layoffs seem justified because economic growth has slowed to a crawl, profits have plunged and stock prices have been falling.

24.   And it is doing so at a time when inflation is accelerating and growth is slowing.

25.   And the inflation outlook for this year is more moderate prices, in part because economic growth has slowed.

26.   And last month, the company announced that growth was slowing.

27.   Annual growth slowed to about one percent and real estate prices collapsed.

28.   And unit sales growth also slowed in some other Latin American example.

29.   Another market concern is prospects that corporate earnings growth is slowing in some businesses such as the semiconductor industry, Posner said.

30.   Applied Materials Inc. became the latest on the list of companies to warn that profit growth is slowing.