41.   In a difficult economic climate we have held our own in sales and margins.

42.   What we need is a stable economic climate that encourages companies to invest on a consistent, long-term basis.

43.   The survey also confirmed that even during the current economic climate with high interest rates, the South East remains top of the spending league.

44.   Analyst Tom Burnett said the public dispute only makes it harder for HP to sell the merger and navigate through a difficult economic climate.

45.   And in an already tough economic climate, that equals fewer jobs.

46.   And in many instances, the job cuts are directly related to lost accounts, a cause-and-effect relationship that occurs whatever the economic climate.

47.   And who knows what will become of the rookie salary scale, which has been blamed for the current haves and have-nots economic climate.

48.   Another element is that the current economic climate favors stocks and bonds because inflation is low.

49.   As a rule, the White House does everything in its power to produce a favorable economic climate in the months before the presidential showdown.

50.   At the same time, Jobs acknowledged that the company was dealing with the same murky economic climate that is affecting all of Silicon Valley.