1.   Some economists attribute much of the rising wage inequality in this country to the shift in favor of the most skilled workers.

2.   At the time, economists attributed the decline to a slowdown in consumer spending.

3.   But economists attributed the decline much more to damage from higher energy prices and the expectations on Wall Street of weaker profit growth in the just ended third quarter.

4.   Economists attribute some of the recent price stability to a recession that dampened consumer demand.

5.   Economists attribute the absence of significant price increases for homes to the overall low-inflation environment in the U.S.

6.   Economists attribute the sluggishness in exports to weak economies in Japan and Europe.

7.   Economists attribute the vibrant job growth of recent years to an influx of high-technology jobs.

8.   Economists attributed the first-quarter slowdown to a decrease in money market investments when interest rates fell in line with declining inflation.

9.   Economists attributed the rise to bad weather in January, which had hampered delivery of those goods inside France.

10.   Economists attributed their outlook to the sliding yen, which has cut down imports and revived exports.