1.   And the continued good growth scenario is government-friendly.

2.   In order for the British market to improve, we need to see a stabilization of the relative growth scenarios with Continental Europe.

3.   Many economists criticized the plan then as reliant on too optimistic of a growth scenario, and too vague on proposed spending cuts.

4.   Republicans defended the CBO numbers and said the administration was using rosy growth scenarios that would require less drastic budget cuts.

5.   Spratt countered that the president was using rosy growth scenarios.

6.   British Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke, among others, said he was dubious about such growth scenarios.

7.   Some economists see the Fed boosting interest rates by a quarter-point before mid-year to avert any upcoming inflationary pressures and preserve the slow growth scenario.