1.   In related economic news, prices consumers paid for goods and services rose a modest two-tenths of a percent in October, indicating that inflation is tame.

2.   Retail demand for pork, in fact, has been lackluster in recent months as high prices pushed consumers toward more competitively priced beef and chicken.

3.   Russians were invited to take to the streets and set up kiosks and curb-side tables, selling whatever they wanted at whatever price consumers would pay.

4.   The law appalls many economists, who say the price controls hurt consumers.

5.   The move is aimed at helping dairy farmers without raising the prices consumers now pay for milk, butter, cheese and other dairy products.

6.   The decision appears unlikely to have a major impact on the prices consumers pay for gasoline or heating oil.

7.   While these factors have little or no effect on the price consumers pay for premium wines, they directly impact both producer and consumer at the lower price levels.