21.   Correll said in March that Georgia-Pacific was more inclined to expand building products operations than those that make paper, which have suffered from declining prices.

22.   Declining prices, meanwhile, take pressure off the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates, while market forces hold long-term bond yields down.

23.   Declining wholesale prices reflect weakening consumer demand for beef, analysts said.

24.   Declining stock prices affect other areas of the economy, especially federal and state governments that collect taxes from individuals and other investors on capital gains and option income.

25.   Declining prices and demand for cellular phone batteries hurt earnings in the automotive, energy and controls sector of the company.

26.   Declining prices for long-distance calls largely reflect the decline in regulated fees collected by regional phone companies to provide access to local phone networks.

27.   Declining prices for memory chips pushed down the value of the bookings side of the ratio in the past several months.

28.   Declining prices make consumers reluctant to spend because they think they can buy later at cheaper prices.

29.   Declining prices offset some of that rise.

30.   Declining wholesale prices reflect slowing consumer demand for pork products.