51. Demand for industries like retail and construction, which depend on the domestic economy, is stagnant or shrinking. 52. Demand for industries like retail and construction which depend on the domestic economy is stagnant or shrinking, with no big improvement seen next year. 53. Domestic economy or domestic science, the very name was intended to be as weighty sounding as the political economy taught boys in school and college. 54. Did we export a tremendous amount and yet have a fairly weak domestic economy, or is it the other way around? 55. Economists agree that the Fed needs to factor foreign demand for exports into its projections about the domestic economy. 56. Economists contend the largest expansions of the surplus are over, and the surplus will grow only gradually the rest of the year as the domestic economy strengthens. 57. Economists said exports must lead the way because double-digit unemployment is smothering demand in the domestic economy. 58. Elsewhere, shares of companies with strong overseas operations rose on investor optimism that earnings at such companies will continue to grow even if the domestic economy slows. 59. Eisenhower, who had learned the importance of logistics when he moved armies around Europe, applied the lesson to the domestic economy. 60. Even so, the outlook for manufacturing remains positive, with exports running at record levels, and the domestic economy continuing to expand. |