81.   That drop was caused by the perception that Suharto was backing away from commitments to the IMF to institute austerity measures.

82.   That includes market-friendly austerity measures to cut the deficit, something the opposition Socialists reject.

83.   That would greatly diminish U.S. influence over bailout programs, and could weaken the ability of the fund to require austerity measures for countries like Thailand and Indonesia.

84.   The Argentine Congress could approve recently-announced government austerity measures in the first week of October, a senior politician of the majority Peronist Party said.

85.   The austerity measures have contributed to difficulties in reducing the jobless total and triggered disputes with trade unions in Germany, France, Italy and Belgium, economists said.

86.   The austerity measures spurred the benchmark stock index to its biggest rally in its history.

87.   The bank asks a court for permission to buck the government-mandated austerity measures.

88.   The budget cuts and other austerity measures were just too hard for politicians to swallow.

89.   The austerity measures are likely to hamper job creation.

90.   The austerity measures have hurt companies by raising their costs and making it hard for them to pay their bills and finance operations.