41.   So far this year, employment growth has been a bit weaker than the government previously reported because of annual revised figures issued on Friday.

42.   That revised figure was weaker than the government had previously reported.

43.   The Commerce Department said Friday the revised figures do not substantially change the picture of a dramatically weaker economy.

44.   The revised figures reflect a slump in wool prices and an increasing number of farmers shifting to grain production as a result.

45.   The revised figures reflect adjustments for payments to minority interests, the bank said in a statement after a supervisory board meeting.

46.   The revised figures show that consumers borrowed more in March than the Fed previously estimated, but they still represented the weakest usage of credit this year.

47.   The revised GDP figure shows just how quickly and dramatically the economy sank after the deadliest attack in U.S. history.

48.   The revised figures also would undermine the logic for the current strength in oil prices, which continued to rise in July.

49.   The revised figures emerged from an annual household survey conducted in March, using international labor bureau standards rather than those of the French employment agency, INSEE said.

50.   Trade ministry official Hideo Nakanishi said the revised figures for June support the idea that Japanese output remains in an upward trend overall.