61.   Falling energy costs and the easing of wage pressures due to layoffs made inflation less of a problem.

62.   Falling food and auto prices more than offset rising energy costs.

63.   Even so, energy experts said such a law could help cut energy costs and avert blackouts on scorching summer days.

64.   Feinstein said the commission had not acted to protect California residents from companies that were reaping undue profits through spiraling energy costs.

65.   Every American household has been hit by the increase in energy costs and many by the negative wealth effect from the equity market.

66.   Food prices -- which, like energy costs, are volatile month to month -- also accelerated.

67.   For Aunt Ilse from Oelwein, rising energy costs would mean a hike in candy bar prices.

68.   For commercial companies, reducing energy costs is a nicety.

69.   For consumers, the brighter outlook could keep energy costs down.

70.   Gasoline prices, one of few energy costs that had been falling somewhat instead of soaring, stopped falling so quickly.