But no one thinks the economy can sustain its current pace.

The economy cannot sustain itself if people are unemployed.

Earlier, the chancellor stressed that the British economy could no longer sustain such high levels of public employment.

Few people expect the economy to sustain the vigorous pace it set in the first quarter.

"The solution to that requires permanent changes in the level of services the city provides and which the local economy can't sustain."

The economy could also sustain further damage if home sales and prices keep falling.

The economy has sustained its moderate growth through the third quarter.

Its desperate economy could not long sustain a war.

"But we must see whether the Japanese economy can sustain the the growth."

But few economists maintain that the economy can sustain this kind of growth for the rest of the year.