The economic crisis threatens to increase the size of that group.

Economic potential is not bad, but financial crises threaten us.

Then the Mexican financial crisis threatened to become a flash point.

The crisis has threatened the millennium objectives set for the year 2015.

The financial and political crisis in Japan, the world's second- largest economy, is threatening to become a drag on global economic growth.

The developing economic crisis threatens to cause a serious rise in unemployment levels.

The resulting crisis threatened to bring about even more bloodshed.

But when a crisis threatens to get out of control and a solution is at hand, the times require decisive action.

"The Asian crisis threatens to slow the global economy," he said.

The escalating crisis threatens the rest of Europe through bank exposure.