But the lender's chief economist also warned that "downside risks have risen sharply."

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Jerry Webman is chief economist for OppenheimerFunds,an investment company.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

Olivier Blanchard is the chief economist for the I.M.F.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Carlo Padoan,chief economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, says Greece must act quickly to reduce its debt.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Nagesh Kumar,chief economist at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, says foreign investment will also suffer.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Arporn Chewrekrengkai, chief economist with the Government Pension Fund, has revised her optimistic outlook for tourism this year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

World Bank chief economist Justin Lin says the global slowdown has prevented up to 90 million people from moving out of poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Wells Fargo chief economist John Silva said, "For an economist it does reflect some underlying improvement in consumer spending and in business investment.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

PNC Financial Services chief economist Stuart Hoffman: "These are not the kind of numbers that signal the recession is over by any means,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

But key indexes rose sharply as the day wore on. Chief economist Peter Cardillo at Avalon Partners blamed uncertainty for the market volatility.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

But Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Center for European Reform in London, says the Greek crisis reflects a larger economic problem in Europe.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

But International Energy Agency Chief Economist,Fatih Birol, denies bias in the agency's calculations.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

John Silvia is chief economist at Wells Fargo bank.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

The number of newly-laid off workers jumped unexpectedly to 471,000 last week, PNC Financial chief economist Stuart Hoffman says the data point to continued layoffs and weak job creation in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

"We have seen some diminution." But even if the U.S.economy is losing jobs at a slower pace than half a year ago, the overall unemployment picture remains bleak, according to Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Wang Tao,a chief economist with UBS in China, "The timing I think at the moment seems pretty good in a sense that China's economy is pretty strong and global recovery is pretty clear, despite all the uncertainties related to the European debt crisis."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Allen Sinai,Chief Global Economist at Boston-based Decision Economics,Inc., says the number of jobs created by the stimulus plan might be "a bit disappointing."

VOA: standard.2009.03.10