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When the price of plastics took off in 1987 Quantum Chemical Corp. went along for the ride
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The timing of Quantum 's chief executive officer John Hoyt Stookey appeared to be nothing less than inspired because he had just increased Quantum 's reliance on plastics
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The company outpaced much of the chemical industry as annual profit grew fivefold in two years
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Mr. Stookey said of the boom It 's going to last a whole lot longer than anybody thinks
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But now prices have nose-dived and Quantum 's profit is plummeting
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Some securities analysts are looking for no better than break-even results from the company for the third quarter compared with year-earlier profit of 99.8 million or 3.92 a share on sales of 724.4 million
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The stock having lost nearly a quarter of its value since Sept. 1 closed at 34.375 share down 1.125 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading Friday
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To a degree Quantum represents the new times that have arrived for producers of the so-called commodity plastics that pervade modern life
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Having just passed through one of the most profitable periods in their history these producers now see their prices eroding
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Pricing cycles to be sure are nothing new for plastics producers
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And the financial decline of some looks steep only in comparison with the heady period that is just behind them
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We were all wonderful heroes last year says an executive at one of Quantum 's competitors
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Now we 're at the bottom of the heap
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At Quantum which is based in New York the trouble is magnified by the company 's heavy dependence on plastics
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Once known as National Distillers & Chemical Corp. the company exited the wine and spirits business and plowed more of its resources into plastics after Mr. Stookey took the chief executive 's job in 1986
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Mr. Stookey 59 years old declined to be interviewed for this article but he has consistently argued that over the long haul across both the peaks and the troughs of the plastics market Quantum will prosper through its new direction
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Quantum 's lot is mostly tied to polyethylene resin used to make garbage bags milk jugs housewares toys and meat packaging among other items
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In the U.S. polyethylene market Quantum has claimed the largest share about 20 %
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But its competitors including Dow Chemical Co. Union Carbide Corp. and several oil giants have much broader business interests and so are better cushioned against price swings
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When the price of polyethylene moves a mere penny a pound Quantum 's annual profit fluctuates by about 85 cents a share provided no other variables are changing
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In recent months the price of polyethylene even more than that of other commodity plastics has taken a dive
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Benchmark grades which still sold for as much as 50 cents a pound last spring have skidded to between 35 cents and 40 cents
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Meanwhile the price of ethylene the chemical building block of polyethylene has n't dropped nearly so fast
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That discrepancy hurts Quantum badly because its own plants cover only about half of its ethylene needs
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By many accounts an early hint of a price rout in the making came at the start of this year
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China which had been putting in huge orders for polyethylene abruptly halted them
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Calculating that excess polyethylene would soon be sloshing around the world other buyers then bet that prices had peaked and so began to draw down inventories rather than order new product
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Kenneth Mitchell director of Dow 's polyethylene business says producers were surprised to learn how much inventories had swelled throughout the distribution chain as prices spiraled up
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People were even hoarding bags he says
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Now producers hope prices have hit bottom
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They recently announced increases of a few cents a pound to take effect in the next several weeks
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No one knows however whether the new posted prices will stick once producers and customers start to haggle
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One doubter is George Krug a chemical-industry analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. and a bear on plastics stocks
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Noting others ' estimates of when price increases can be sustained he remarks Some say October
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Some say November
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I say 1992
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He argues that efforts to firm up prices will be undermined by producers ' plans to expand production capacity
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A quick turnaround is crucial to Quantum because its cash requirements remain heavy
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The company is trying to carry out a three-year 1.3 billion plant-expansion program started this year
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At the same time its annual payments on long-term debt will more than double from a year ago to about 240 million largely because of debt taken on to pay a 50-a-share special dividend earlier this year
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Quantum described the payout at the time as a way for it to share the bonanza with its holders because its stock price was n't reflecting the huge profit increases
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Some analysts saw the payment as an effort also to dispel takeover speculation
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Whether a cash crunch might eventually force the company to cut its quarterly dividend raised 36 % to 75 cents a share only a year ago has become a topic of intense speculation on Wall Street since Mr. Stookey deflected dividend questions in a Sept. 29 meeting with analysts
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Some viewed his response that company directors review the dividend regularly as nothing more than the standard line from executives
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But others came away thinking he had given something less than his usual straight-from-the-shoulder performance
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In any case on the day of the meeting Quantum 's shares slid 2.625 to 36.625 in Big Board trading
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On top of everything else Quantum confronts a disaster at its plant in Morris Ill
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After an explosion idled the plant in June the company progressed in September to within 12 hours of completing the drawn-out process of restarting it
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Then a second explosion occurred
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Two workers died and six remain in the hospital
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This human toll adds the most painful dimension yet to the sudden change in Quantum 's fortunes
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Until this year the company had been steadily lowering its accident rate and picking up trade-group safety awards
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A prolonged production halt at the plant could introduce another imponderable into Quantum 's financial future
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When a plant has just been running flat out to meet demand calculating lost profit and thus claims under business-interruption insurance is straightforward
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But the numbers become trickier and subject to dickering between insured and insurer when demand is shifting
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You say you could have sold X percent of this product and Y percent of that recalls Theodore Semegran an analyst at Shearson Lehman Hutton who went through this exercise during his former career as a chemical engineer
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And then you still have to negotiate
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Quantum hopes the Morris plant where limited production got under way last week will resume full operation by year 's end
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The plant usually accounts for 20 % to 25 % of Quantum 's polyethylene production and 50 % of its ethylene production
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Not everything looks grim for Quantum
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The plant expansion should strengthen the company 's sway in the polyethylene business where market share is often taken through sheer capacity
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By lifting ethylene production the expansion will also lower the company 's raw material costs
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Quantum is also tightening its grip on its one large business outside chemicals propane marketing
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Through a venture with its investment banker First Boston Corp. Quantum completed in August an acquisition of Petrolane Inc. in a transaction valued at 1.18 billion
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Petrolane is the second-largest propane distributor in the U.S.
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The largest Suburban Propane was already owned by Quantum
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Still Quantum has a crisis to get past right now
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Some analysts speculate the weakening stock may yet attract a suitor
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The name surfacing in rumors is British Petroleum Co. which is looking to expand its polyethylene business in the U.S.
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Asked about a bid for Quantum a BP spokesman says We pretty much have a policy of not commenting on rumors and I think that falls in that category
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Ford Motor Co. said it acquired 5 % of the shares in Jaguar PLC
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Jaguar the London Stock Exchange and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are being notified of the transactions the company said
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission advised Ford last week that it would n't raise any objection to the acquisition of as much as 15 % of Jaguar shares
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The No. 2 auto maker disclosed last month that it wants to buy as much as 15 % of the British luxury-car maker the maximum allowed under current United Kingdom government restrictions
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General Motors Corp. said it had discussed the possibility of a joint venture with Jaguar before Ford began buying shares
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GM said it still is talking with Jaguar about acquiring a minority interest
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Robert G. Walden 62 years old was elected a director of this provider of advanced technology systems and services increasing the board to eight members
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He retired as senior vice president finance and administration and chief financial officer of the company Oct. 1
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September 's steep rise in producer prices shows that inflation still persists and the pessimism over interest rates caused by the new price data contributed to the stock market 's plunge Friday
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After falling for three consecutive months the producer price index for finished goods shot up 0.9 % last month the Labor Department reported Friday as energy prices jumped after tumbling through the summer
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Although the report which was released before the stock market opened did n't trigger the 190.58-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average analysts said it did play a role in the market 's decline
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Analysts immediately viewed the price data the grimmest inflation news in months as evidence that the Federal Reserve was unlikely to allow interest rates to fall as many investors had hoped
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Further fueling the belief that pressures in the economy were sufficient to keep the Fed from easing credit the Commerce Department reported Friday that retail sales grew 0.5 % in September to 145.21 billion
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That rise came on top of a 0.7 % gain in August and suggested there is still healthy consumer demand in the economy
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I think the Friday report combined with the actions of the Fed weakened the belief that there was going to be an imminent easing of monetary policy said Robert Dederick chief economist at Northern Trust Co. in Chicago
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But economists were divided over the extent of the inflation threat signaled by the new numbers
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The overall 0.9 % increase is serious in itself but what is even worse is that excluding food and energy the producer price index still increased by 0.7 % said Gordon Richards an economist at the National Association of Manufacturers
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But Sung Won Sohn chief economist at Norwest Corp. in Minneapolis blamed rising energy prices and the annual autumn increase in car prices for most of the September jump
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I would say this is not bad news this is a blip he said
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The core rate is not really out of line
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All year energy prices have skewed the producer price index which measures changes in the prices producers receive for goods
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( S ( NP-TMP ( DT All ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN energy ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN skewed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN producer ) ( NN price ) ( NN index ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ measures ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS changes ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS producers ) ) ( VP ( VBP receive ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNS goods ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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Inflation unquestionably has fallen back from its torrid pace last winter when a steep run-up in world oil prices sent the index surging at double-digit annual rates
[ ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Inflation ) ) ( ADVP ( RB unquestionably ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN fallen ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( RB back ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ torrid ) ( NN pace ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN winter ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( JJ steep ) ( NN run-up ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN world ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( NP ( VBD sent ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN index ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG surging ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ double-digit ) ( JJ annual ) ( NNS rates ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ];
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( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Inflation ) ) ( ADVP ( RB unquestionably ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN fallen ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB back ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ torrid ) ( NN pace ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN winter ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ steep ) ( NN run-up ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN world ) ( NN oil ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD sent ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBG surging ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( JJ double-digit ) ( JJ annual ) ( NNS rates ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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Energy prices then plummeted through the summer causing the index to decline for three consecutive months
[ ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Energy ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBD plummeted ) ( PP ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN summer ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG causing ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decline ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD three ) ( JJ consecutive ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ].
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( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Energy ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBN plummeted ) ( PP-TMP ( IN through ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN summer ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG causing ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB decline ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( CD three ) ( JJ consecutive ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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Overall the index has climbed at a 5.1 % compound annual rate since the start of the year the Labor Department said
[ ( S ( ADVP ( RB Overall ) ) ( , , ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN climbed ) ( NP ( NP ( IN at ) ( DT a ) ( CD 5.1 ) ( NN % ) ( JJ compound ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN rate ) ) ( PP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN start ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( , , ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Labor ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ) ]
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( S ( S-TPC-1 ( ADVP ( RB Overall ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN index ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN climbed ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 5.1 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ compound ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN rate ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN start ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP Labor ) ( NNP Department ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) )
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While far more restrained than the pace at the beginning of the year that is still a steeper rise than the 4.0 % increase for all of 1988
[ ( S ( SBAR ( IN While ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ far ) ( JJR more ) ( VBN restrained ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pace ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN beginning ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR steeper ) ( NN rise ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( CD 4.0 ) ( NN % ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( PDT all ) ( IN of ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ]
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( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN While ) ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( RB far ) ( RBR more ) ( JJ restrained ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN pace ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN beginning ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( WDT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR steeper ) ( NN rise ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 4.0 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT all ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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Moreover this year 's good inflation news may have ended last month when energy prices zoomed up 6.5 % after plunging 7.3 % in August
[ ( S ( RB Moreover ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ( JJ good ) ( NN inflation ) ( NN news ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN energy ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VBD zoomed ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( CD 6.5 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S ( VP ( VBG plunging ) ( NP-ADV ( NP ( CD 7.3 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ]
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( S ( ADVP ( RB Moreover ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN year ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ good ) ( NN inflation ) ( NN news ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN ended ) ( NP-TMP ( NP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NN energy ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( VBD zoomed ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB up ) ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 6.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG plunging ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 7.3 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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Some analysts expect oil prices to remain relatively stable in the months ahead leaving the future pace of inflation uncertain
[ ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP expect ) ( NP ( NP ( NN oil ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( SBAR ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remain ) ( ADJP ( RB relatively ) ( JJ stable ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS months ) ( JJ ahead ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBG leaving ) the ( NP ( NP ( NN future ) ( NN pace ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN inflation ) ) ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ uncertain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ]
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( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP expect ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN oil ) ( NNS prices ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB remain ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB relatively ) ( JJ stable ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS months ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB ahead ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG leaving ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ future ) ( NN pace ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN inflation ) ) ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ uncertain ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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Analysts had expected that the climb in oil prices last month would lead to a substantial rise in the producer price index but the 0.9 % climb was higher than most anticipated
[ ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN climb ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN oil ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB lead ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ substantial ) ( NN rise ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP (DT the) (NP ( NN producer ) ( NN price ) ( NN index ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-TMP ( DT the ) ( CD 0.9 ) ( NN % ) ( NN climb ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJR higher ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) )
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( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( VP ( VBN expected ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN climb ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN oil ) ( NNS prices ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ last ) ( NN month ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB lead ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ substantial ) ( NN rise ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN producer ) ( NN price ) ( NN index ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( CD 0.9 ) ( NN % ) ) ( NN climb ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( JJR higher ) ) ( SBAR ( IN than ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS most ) ) ( VP ( VBD anticipated ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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I think the resurgence in inflation is going to continue for a few months said John Mueller chief economist at Bell Mueller Cannon a Washington economic forecasting firm
[ ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN resurgence ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN inflation ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP John ) ( NNP Mueller ) ( , , ) ( NN chief ) ( NN economist ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Bell ) ( NNP Mueller ) ( NNP Cannon ) ) ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Washington ) ( NN economic ) ( NN forecasting ) ( NN firm ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ) ]
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( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN resurgence ) ) ( PRN ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN inflation ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ few ) ( NNS months ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP Mueller ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ chief ) ( NN economist ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bell ) ( NNP Mueller ) ( NNP Cannon ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP Washington ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN forecasting ) ( NN firm ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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He predicted that inflation will moderate next year saying that credit conditions are fairly tight world-wide
[ ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD predicted ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN inflation ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB moderate ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN credit ) ( NNS conditions ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB fairly ) ( JJ tight ) ) ( NP ( NNP world-wide ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ];
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( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD predicted ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ( NN inflation ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB moderate ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN credit ) ( NNS conditions ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB fairly ) ( JJ tight ) ) ( ADVP-LOC ( RB world-wide ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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