The numbers of illegal immigrants arriving in France has also dropped, with Immigration Minister Eric Besson attributing the slowdown to the economic crisis and tougher immigration policies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

Ben Bernanke led the central bank through extraordinary efforts to contain the worst economic crisis since the nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

President Barack Obama has a plan to deal with a central cause of the economic crisis: America's troubled housing market.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

The stock market crash marked the beginning of the Great Depression -- a long,slow,painful fall to the worst economic crisis in American history.

VOA: special.2011.02.17

News that the president's life was in danger could cause the nation's economic crisis to become worse.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Experts say demand for low-priced automobiles is likely to increase as the international economic crisis continues.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

But demonstrations fueled by the economic crisis led the Latvian government to resign last month.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

They will discuss economic policies and ways to strengthen financial regulation after the crisis.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Still,the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund says the effects of the world economic crisis will hurt both supply and demand for years to come.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

The leaders will discuss progress in efforts to deal with the world economic crisis.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

He says they also helped the international effort to lessen the effects of the financial crisis and restore world economic growth.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Republicans accuse the president of taking advantage of the economic crisis to push an overly ambitious and ill-advised domestic agenda.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

As Iranian media continued to focus on international issues, the economic crisis inside the country appeared to worsen, according to many analysts.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"As the world's two largest economies, we recognize the importance of coordinating closely to continue to move beyond the current economic crisis,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Weak regulations have been blamed for the 2008 financial crisis that led to the current global economic recession.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

But the big question leading up to the G20 summit is, will there be genuine unity in addressing the world economic crisis?

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

It says the economic crisis has cut the amount of foreign aid and investment going to poor countries.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Their goal: to find ways to fix the economic crisis and to prevent it from happening again.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

The announcements offered bright spots to the generally gloomy environment at the world's biggest air show that is clouded by the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

"Never before has the world come together in this way to talk about an economic crisis,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

And Mr.Barroso says they agreed to keep in place stimulus measures to fight the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

He adds that in a time of global economic crisis, Russia needs to consider the need to keep such a large force in Chechnya.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Mr.Obama said coming together is the only way to solve the economic crisis and defeat global threats like al-Qaida and the spread of nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

And,these are occurring at a time when the global economic crisis is making it more difficult to maintain good health, especially in the developing world.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

First polls showed that most voters believe Grybauskaite has what it takes to lead the country out of its most serious economic crisis in years.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

(OMITTED) Clearly,this is all happening in the context of severe economic crisis, It's time to be smarter, about research as funding levels off or decreases.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

Tay says the global economic crisis that started in the United States has brought attention to the Asian economies that are expected to drive world growth.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08