51.   Annable said the Federal Reserve probably welcomes the inventory slowdown, anticipating that consumer demand will be adequate to match factory production.

52.   Factory production and new orders grew at slower rates than in previous months, the NAPM report said.

53.   He cited a pickup in factory production, modest improvement in the labor market and solid consumer spending as signs the economy is in good shape.

54.   In unemployment, falling factory production, late salaries?

55.   Let the General Motors strike drag on and depress factory production.

56.   On Monday alone, the government announced declines in department store sales, housing starts and factory production.

57.   The most pessimistic forecasters are contending that a glut of unsold products will force more cutbacks in factory production and virtually guarantee a recession next year.

58.   The U.S. manufacturing sector, which lost hundreds of thousands of jobs during the recession as factories throttled back production, is mounting a comeback.

59.   Wholesale prices were almost flat in February, and factory production remained in free-fall.

60.   And towards the end of the summer, prices soared as car battery factories increased production in preparation for winter in the northern hemisphere.