61.   One reason is that German companies are opting to produce goods abroad for foreign markets.

62.   One reason for his optimism, Greenspan said, is that many companies are running low on inventory and consequently will soon begin to produce more goods.

63.   Rothschild said the fact that America has become a part of the global economy makes rewarding companies that produce their goods in the United States even more relevant.

64.   Scores of overstaffed factories still produce goods at a loss.

65.   So the same number of workers would be producing fewer goods, and that works out to lower productivity.

66.   Southern members of the European Union that produce goods at relatively low costs gained some price advantages over Chinese goods.

67.   Texas Instruments and other companies that produce goods there for export may even profit because the exchange rates will work in their favor.

68.   Thai and Indonesian banks are making so few loans that even some established exporters cannot get the cash they need to produce goods.

69.   Such a move would harm American businesses that are supplied by China or that produce goods there as much as it would hurt the Chinese.

70.   That sort of growth in employment means that productivity, which measures the time, effort and cost of producing goods, is bound to decline.