41.   Analysts said most signs point to a sluggish my but predicted a recession would be avoided.

42.   Analysts said the report confirms that the economy has avoided recession but said they expect only moderate growth at best for the remainder of the year.

43.   Blue Chip Economic Indicators said Wednesday that the economists in its monthly survey still believe by an overwhelming majority that a recession will be avoided.

44.   But economists predict that high growth and lower inflation achieved by Chile and Mexico will help the region avoid a recession.

45.   But economists predict that the high growth and lower inflation achieved by Chile and Mexico will help the region avoid a recession.

46.   But both the Germans and the French said their economies would avoid recession.

47.   But not all economists are convinced that Greenspan and his colleagues have succeeded in avoiding a recession in their campaign against inflation.

48.   But private economists emphasized that the central bank had sent a strong message that it would do whatever was needed to avoid a recession.

49.   By cutting it, the bank signaled that its priority is no longer containing inflation but avoiding a recession.

50.   By Mexican standards, the country avoided a recession by posting zero growth last quarter.