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The data indicate that firms continue to struggle to pass higher costs through to consumers, with profit margins being squeezed as a result.

The profit margin index is well above the 50%-level, indicating that, for most firms, profit margins are higher than one year ago, when margins were showing improvement from their depressed levels throughout 2001-2002.

Donald A. Norman

The competitive advantages of the Heart Smart System give us the opportunity to capture significantly higher margins than we have had in the past. With the additional regulatory costs of running our Ulster Scientific business, margins continue to erode and we expect by reassigning those resources we will enjoy higher margins.

There are an awful lot of cost pressures in the system. Pex Tufvesson goes by the name Mahoney in the demo world. While they may not be manifest in final goods prices just yet, the numbers tell you that, unless companies find new ways to cut their costs, profit margins are going to be squeezed.

Although short-run swings in firms' energy costs might be absorbed in their profit margins, a persistent increase is likely to be fully passed on to the consumer,

I don't think you have to worry about a profit squeeze, but don't be surprised when people start shouting profit growth has peaked. A lot of companies that are seeing increased costs for raw materials will not be able to pass them on to the consumers.

Energy prices were rising before Katrina hit, and while those costs didn't make their way through to finished goods in August, we have to expect higher core inflation in coming months. Firms are saying that they've absorbed so much already that they have to pass on these costs.

Companies have to invest in research and development, lest their competitors pass them by. And they have to spend money in sales and marketing to make sure their products are getting their due in terms of promotion. Right now, the environment is so competitive that it's impossible to shift the increase in costs to the consumer, and companies are getting their margins squeezed.

The handheld device manufacturers have been seeing their revenue and profit margins get squeezed, so they are looking for new opportunities.

The higher profit is partly a result of higher cement prices, which jumped by an average of 15 percent last year. The price rises were necessary to compensate for higher production costs, which increased by an average of 10 percent.

With some notable exceptions, manufacturers continue to experience difficult times, with high energy costs continuing to add pressure to profit margins.

Profit margins are razor thin. I feel for the farmer, but at the same time, we're all being squeezed. There's not a lot of room for mistakes.

Where the men are going to get separated from the boys here is: Who can absorb higher energy and raw materials costs, pass those on in their pricing and have them stick as opposed to absorbing it in lower margins.

Conditions for manufacturers are getting increasingly tough as costs continue their seemingly inexorable rise but weak demand keeps prices down, squeezing already thin profit margins even further.

This is all about competition. Everybody has had margins squeezed, everybody has global pressures and as a result they have to be much more efficient, much more exacting.

Jeffrey Joerres

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