1.   Economists expect manufacturers to scale back output over the next nine months while domestic sales remain weak and exports slacken.

2.   Economists expect manufacturers to scale back output during the next nine months while domestic sales remain weak and exports slacken.

3.   It has scaled back output three times this year as global demand has eased and prices have slid.

4.   JAPANESE industrial production likely fell in October from September as manufacturers scaled back output in an effort to reduce inventories built up this summer, economists said.

5.   Manufacturers scaled back output to avoid building up inventories after sales slow in the April-June quarter.

6.   Sluggish consumer spending has forced automakers to scale back output to reduce inventories.

7.   Some companies have already started to scale back output in anticipation of lower sales.

8.   The CBI, in its latest industrial trends survey, said U.K. manufacturers reported a weakening of overall demand in November and scaled back output expectations compared with October.

9.   With domestic sales weak and exports slackening, manufacturers will scale back output for the next nine months, economists said.

10.   But the threat of a buildup was feared because it could have forced business to scale back output.