41.   Domestic business, meanwhile, is also expected to pick up as costs are seen falling and retail revenue is seen rising.

42.   Eight months before this British colony returns to China, stocks are rising, the Hong Kong dollar is strengthening and borrowing costs are falling.

43.   Energy costs fell for the third consecutive month and clothing prices showed the largest monthly drop in almost half a century.

44.   Energy costs fell last month as gasoline, natural gas, and fuel oil prices declined.

45.   Energy costs fell last month, but those declines were offset by a rise in food prices.

46.   Facility and equipment costs fell from last year.

47.   Health care costs should fall on balance as patients get more effective drugs, though at higher prices.

48.   Heating costs could fall.

49.   Health care costs fell during that period, but so did average weekly wages.

50.   If so, the advertising costs should have fallen under campaign spending limits Clinton and Dole agreed to when they accepted public campaign funds, the auditors argued.