51.   Already reeling from record-high joblessness, Germany got more bad news Thursday when officials announced the economy shrank in the fourth quarter of last year.

52.   Also has substantial heavy industry from Soviet era, but many factories failing and economy has been shrinking for years.

53.   Another problem would be the amount the economy shrinks.

54.   At a separate function, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Donald Tsang said the economy would likely shrink for the whole year.

55.   As a result, the formal economy has shrunk by half in the past five years, and there are few signs of revival.

56.   But the country remains in better shape than many of its neighbors, whose economies are shrinking.

57.   But this would be the second straight quarter that the economy here has shrunk.

58.   But now, the economy is shrinking.

59.   But unemployment in Germany remains near record highs and the government says the economy shrank in January to March for the second consecutive quarter.

60.   Data had indicated that the economy was no longer shrinking, though it had yet to attain steady growth.