41.   However, most foreign and Japanese economists believe that the negative effects of the earthquake will be short term -- lasting only three to six months.

42.   However, economists believe the government figures severely understate job creation, especially in small start-up businesses that often go undetected in such surveys.

43.   If not fixed soon, many economists believe the pension system could undermine the anti-inflation plan, which begins its fourth year today.

44.   In contrast to these criticisms, which suggest that the GDP exaggerates national well-being, some important economists believe the GDP errs in the other direction.

45.   In Japan, he said the country was on the road to reform, though many economists believe it is near disaster.

46.   In other words, local economists believed Los Angeles County experienced sluggish growth two years ago while the federal report now characterizes the growth as moderate.

47.   Incentives, the economists believe, are bound to matter.

48.   Indeed, many European economists believe that the gospel of fiscal austerity is losing force.

49.   It does not suggest that foreign banks caused the crisis, which most economists believe had its origins in irresponsible borrowing by Asian countries themselves.

50.   It would be alarming if the new chief economist believed any of the things he said.