61.   Still, progress for retailers and manufacturers alike will be slow since economists see little chance for an imminent recovery in consumer spending.

62.   Still, some economists see economic growth slowing enough to allow interest rates to ease before the end of this year.

63.   Still, even if consumers are not reaping all the benefits of the drop in commodity prices, most economists see the outlook for inflation as extremely favorable.

64.   The penalties are seen by economists as the key to securing German support for the euro, the planned European single currency.

65.   UCLA economists see a short and shallow national recession, with the economy shrinking in the second and third quarters of the year.

66.   Where economists see legal sanctions purely as deterrence, one suspects that the majority of Americans see discrimination as immoral, and justify the penalities against discrimination as punishment.

67.   But market prices collapsed last year and economists see little improvement ahead.

68.   But some economists see a more moderate, quarter-point move.

69.   Despite the slowdown over the summer, private economists saw little in the GDP report that could be taken as a warning of an impending recession.

70.   Economists see the survey numbers as an indication of an improvement in the economy, and expect to see hard data supporting this upturn in the coming months.