Economic concerns may be shaping companies' response to thenew tax law, leading executives to opt foracquisitions and shareholder-pleasing tactics such as buybacks overriskier deployments of capital.

Concerns about the outlook in the longer term led economists atthe International Monetary Fund in January to lower five-yearforecasts, even as they boosted prospects for this year andnext.

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