71.   IMF says rate cuts have eased threat of global recession.

72.   It would not take much, analysts warns, for such a slowdown to spiral into a global recession.

73.   Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto responded by assuring summit participants that Japan was working hard to fix the weak economy and that Japan would not start a global recession.

74.   It would not take much, analysts warn, for such a slowdown to spiral into a global recession.

75.   Malaysian trade minister Rafidah Aziz, chairwoman of the APEC trade ministers forum, on Monday warned of a global recession triggered by the Asian crisis.

76.   Ministers and central bankers had signaled the Group of Seven meeting would focus on the outlook for reviving stalled U.S. growth and preventing a global recession.

77.   Rogoff, however, said that there are reasons to be optimistic that a global recession can be avoided.

78.   Slowing growth throughout the world has caused companies to lay off tens of thousands and sent stock markets plunging, raising concerns about a global recession.

79.   Some oil-producing countries worry that a global recession driven by high oil prices would harm other areas of their economies.

80.   Some economists predict the economic will falter next year as oil prices struggle amid a global recession and falling demand.