1. Among the more pressing issues then -- the year Ronald Reagan was reelected president -- was whether outside forces would derail U.S. economic growth. 2. And infrastructure spending remains well below its Asian neighbors, which the International Monetary Fund warned could derail economic growth. 3. Bankruptcy is unlikely to derail economic growth in Orange County, Calif., even as school districts and county supervisors weigh possible financing problems. 4. -- Labor shortages could derail economic growth next year by sending manufacturers overseas. 5. Higher rates could derail economic growth, he said. 6. Problems in those areas threaten to derail growth in other Asian nations, analysts said. 7. Still, inadequate domestic and international policy reforms could derail growth, the report warned. 8. Asian crisis threatens to derail Latin American growth. 9. European Union finance chiefs on Friday downplayed fears that the spreading international economic turmoil will derail growth within the EU as it prepares to launch its single currency. 10. European finance ministers downplayed fears that the spreading global economic turmoil threatens to derail growth within the region as it prepares to launch its single currency next year. |