81.   Japan has implemented seven previous stimulus plans, but the economy has been stagnant for much of the past five years.

82.   Japan needs to sell more debt to pay for stimulus plans aimed at pumping up the economy.

83.   Japanese policymakers believe the recently announced fiscal stimulus plans will have a positive impact on the economy but measures have yet to be implemented, said Goldman.

84.   Japanese stocks closed little changed Monday in thin trading as investors awaited details of an economic stimulus plan expected out later this week.

85.   President George W. Bush called the sharp increase in unemployment troubling and pressed Congress anew to pass the economic stimulus plan he put forward in October.

86.   President George W. Bush said the U.S. recession officially declared Monday should act as a clarion call for Congress to quickly approve an economic stimulus plan.

87.   President George W. Bush said Tuesday he is nearing consensus with Congress on a stimulus plan that could boost the economy without doing long-term damage.

88.   Stocks rally strongly, surging on possible economic stimulus plan,

89.   Tang said the job-creation plan announced Wednesday and a previous economic stimulus plan announced last Friday failed to impress investors.

90.   The governing Liberal Democratic Party is scheduled to announce a third package of economic stimulus plans next week.