11.   For now, companies are scaling back production of chips in hopes prices will stabilize.

12.   People are buying fewer cars and houses and manufacturers are starting to scale back production.

13.   Producers and industry analysts alike say the high tax has forced cash-starved firms to scale back production.

14.   Rising inventories led Honda Motor Co., which had strong sales through March, to scale back production in July because of declining domestic sales.

15.   Some chipmakers may scale back production until prices and demand recovers, analysts said.

16.   The Fed added that improved technology may have actually accelerated the current slowdown by making it possible for businesses to more quickly anticipate slackening demand and scale back production.

17.   The Hynix announcement coincided with word that Fujitsu Ltd. of Japan was also scaling back production of semiconductors at its plant at Gresham, Ore.

18.   The inventories report trails the two Fed releases by a month, suggesting manufacturers may already have scaled back production in response to the inventory buildup.

19.   The whole industry, meantime, is scaling back production, focusing instead on clearing out inventory.

20.   Two weeks ago, Jinbei blamed a first-half loss on government loan restrictions which curbed demand, forcing the company to scale back production.