21.   That marked the first monthly increase since April and should be followed by further gains in the months ahead as declining mortgage rates attract buyers, analysts said.

22.   That is the fourth price increase since mid-September.

23.   That would be the sixth such increase since last June.

24.   The company has announced four production increases since late last year.

25.   The Fed has used a series of increases since early February to stamp out incipient inflation.

26.   The first monthly increase since April should be followed by more gains in the months ahead as declining mortgage rates attract more buyers, analyst said.

27.   The Fed will then be forced to raise short-term interest rates, adding to its three quarter-point increases since June.

28.   The Federal Reserve has sought with six rate increases since February to brake economic growth in an effort to forestall inflationary shortages of goods and skilled workers.

29.   The first monthly increase since April should be followed by more gains in the months ahead as declining mortgage rates attract more buyers, analysts said.

30.   The move, the fourth rate increase since June, was in line with what economists and investors had expected.