51. Energy costs, meantime, remained under control -- falling for the fourth month in a row in September. 52. Energy costs and towering state energy taxes play a role in the loss of manufacturing jobs in particular. 53. Energy costs remained under control, falling for the fourth month in a row. 54. Enron Energy Services is a unit that seeks to help companies find ways to reduce their overall energy costs. 55. Energy costs also rose last month -- the first increase in four months -- as consumers paid more for electricity. 56. Energy costs fell for the third consecutive month and clothing prices showed the largest monthly drop in almost half a century. 57. Evidence of a slowdown keeps mounting, and Greenspan will have to weigh it all against the persistence of low unemployment and high energy costs, traditional inflationary signals. 58. Energy costs declined in November for the sixth consecutive month as gasoline prices fell. 59. Energy costs fell last month as gasoline, natural gas, and fuel oil prices declined. 60. Energy costs fell last month, but those declines were offset by a rise in food prices. |
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