The Federal Reserve says the U.S.economy is tied to the health of economies overseas, noting that exports have decreased as major trading partners have also fallen into recession.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

(Voice) He says the pirates may fear that naval ships patrolling the area will close in on the ship if they believe weapons have fallen into the wrong hands.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

"We have got a lot of work to do to reach this goal." "Our economy has fallen into the habit of buying from overseas and not selling the way it needs to.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

The foreign ministers had expected to take up the question of how Europe and Asia could cooperate to pull the world's economy out of the downturn it has fallen into since the global financial crisis began.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25