81.   In testimony before Parliament, central bank governor Masaru Hayami noted that corporate earnings have slipped and industrial production has fallen.

82.   Iran Thursday denied reports that its oil production fell sharply last month, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

83.   Industrial production fell for the fourth straight month.

84.   Industrial production fell in February.

85.   Industrial production fell in May for the third consecutive month, led by a slowdown in automobile production.

86.   July marked the second consecutive month that vehicle production fell over the same month in the previous year.

87.   July marks the fourth month in a row that production has fallen from the year-earlier month.

88.   Last week, the trade ministry announced that industrial production fell in May for the second straight month.

89.   Livestock production has fallen behind during the restructuring of the economy.

90.   Production has been falling, while the number of employees has stayed steady, pushing up unit costs, they explained.