51.   A separate regional index also pointed to rising prices.

52.   A survey by the National Association of Purchasing Management showed manufacturing growth slowing in August, though there were signs of rising prices.

53.   Abalkin, on the other hand, would use the increased sales tax revenues to compensate those income groups that have been hardest hit by rising prices.

54.   About half the increase came from rising prices and half from greater use of prescription drugs, mostly by seniors.

55.   Add to those factors sharply rising prices for natural gas and a shortfall in precipitation that feeds hydropower and you have the ingredients for escalating electricity costs.

56.   Additionally, a recent Fed regional economic outlook found little evidence of rising prices.

57.   Additionally, the rising price of kerosene in Indonesia as well as hoarding of staples including rice and cooking oil has sparked food riots that threaten government stability.

58.   Additionally, the rising price of kerosene in Indonesia as well as hoarding of staples including rice and cooking oil have sparked food riots which threaten government stability.

59.   After all, if a company earmarks a set amount of cash for buybacks, a rising price limits the number of shares that can be repurchased.

60.   Brokers said the scarcity of unoccupied land close to New York City, and the consequent rising price, had also induced warehouse operators to look upward.