That would mean the economy could weaken in the last three months of the year.

True, oil prices rose last year, well before the economy weakened.

But as the economy has weakened, many companies have found it harder to pay their debts.

There is an outside chance that we could be seeing the economy weaken by the end of the summer or early fall.

So the bet no longer is that the economy will weaken.

But as the economy weakened, so did the inflation rate.

To be sure, Government data show the economy is weakening.

We can see how, at the national level, the economy and foundations of society are weakening.

The report provides further evidence that the economy is weakening.

But when the economy weakened, they were often the first to be laid off.