51.   Graduate Studies Dean Teresa Sullivan said a strong economy has had the effect of more undergraduates entering the work force instead of graduate school.

52.   Fund managers are fretting about the impact the slowing economy is having on earnings.

53.   Global equity markets had been unsettled in recent weeks by concerns that slowing Asian economies could have a knock-on effect on the rest of the world.

54.   Greenspan, testifying before the U.S. Senate, said the U.S. economy has more room to grow before inflation becomes a worry, suggesting interest rates will remain unchanged.

55.   He said that many investors are concerned that the U.S. economy may have a hard landing, instead of the soft landing they have hoped for.

56.   However, Greenspan does see reasons to think the economy has about reached bottom.

57.   Immigration has since slowed down and so has the economy, resulting in an overflow of available homes.

58.   In fact, the economy has cmore jobs than it eliminated, she says.

59.   In pockets of western and central Massachusetts, where the economy has yet to recover from the loss of manufacturing jobs, residents sought economic incentives to draw industry.

60.   In the six years of his presidency, the economy has expanded, wealth increased, the budget balanced, creative social programs launched, and welfare reformed.