1.   They point out that corporate bad debts have soared as the economy has slumped.

2.   I mean, we realize the economy is slumping.

3.   Like AK Steel, many cyclical companies are in better shape to withstand weakness in the economy than they were the last time the economy slumped.

4.   New business and tax write-offs last year helped Bosch increase sales and profit even as the global economy slumped and the mark strengthened.

5.   Oil demand has fallen substantially as the global economy has slumped.

6.   Over the past four years, though, the economy has slumped despite successive efforts by the government to put in place economic policies that would work.

7.   The economy is slumping, not recovering.

8.   The Mexican economy slumped and car sales there collapsed when the Mexican peso plunged a year ago and monetary authorities raised interest rates steeply.

9.   U.S. stocks were mixed as auto and paper shares retreated on concern that the economy is slumping.

10.   U.S. stocks were mixed as auto and paper shares retreated on the concern that the economy is slumping.