41.   Richmond, Virginia Federal Reserve chief Alfred Broaddus said the US economy was heading in the direction of a trend toward rising prices.

42.   The economy is heading into a recession, coupled with inflation affecting poor and middle class Mexicans.

43.   The French economy is heading for a difficult first quarter but might avoid negative growth, Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.

44.   The French economy is heading for unexpectedly strong recovery during the first half of the year, the official INSEE statistical institute reported Friday.