The local economy benefited from the troops' extended stay, but not significantly.

The economy benefited from a rise in consumer spending, construction, and business investment.

The total economy of the forest would benefit, and so would every individual tree.

Some say racism is so much a part of the inner-city problem that a strong economy would not always benefit the black poor.

In 2005, the Russian economy benefited significantly from high oil, gas, and metal prices.

"Even if it's difficult to put an economic figure on this change in image, the economy as a whole will certainly benefit from it."

As a consequence, almost every economy benefited from rapid growth and high employment.

The fact is that emerging economies benefit from greater opening.

Europe's economy can only benefit from that and, not least, its employment market.

But the national economy apparently has not yet benefited from the rise.