1.  More crucially, the Treasury is developing a political and not just an economic position.

2.  The economic position has been put most forcefully by organizations representing professional musicians.

3.  The economic position of those who lived near the coast was higher, and there were wealthy Vahumpura traders in Colombo.

4.  The economic position remain appalling with the value of money plummeting and prices soaring.

5.  The long-term impact of such an approach can only be to reduce our competitiveness and erode our economic position.

6.  The economic position continued to worsen against the background of a poorly managed transition from an excessively protectionist economy to one based on free market principles.

7.  The new government inherited an economic position which, as measured by macro-economic indicators, was far from encouraging.

8.  Already, Latin America is in a precarious economic position.

9.  Bucaram calmed investors last week with the appointment of three bankers to key economic positions.

10.  Each one, he said, enhanced his economic position.