The sluggish national economy has left many states and cities reeling.

The strong economy has left many potential students satisfied with their current jobs - or eager to join start-ups.

A dynamic economy leaves no alternative, or so the reasoning goes among mainstream economists.

Racial discrimination and a low-wage agricultural economy has left the region particularly burdened, they said.

Huge national debts, large scale unemployment and an impoverished economy has left no room for active support of Iraq.

The weak economy left him with only $25,000 in consulting income last year, Mr. Anderson said.

An economy that may move toward one pole or the other "doesn't leave much in the middle" to latch onto, he said.

A weakening economy and the terrorist attack have left the city budget with a projected $4 billion deficit beginning in July.

Huge revenue shortfalls and a stagnant local economy left each side little room to maneuver.

By then, proponents of the welfare law say, the economy should be generating jobs again and leaving few people exposed to deadlines.