‘93/’94 Year-End Review and Outlook : Industry Outlook : Continuing low-grade growth in the national economy, coupled with hopes for stability--if not expansion--in California, is the backdrop for the year in business. Here is an assessment of key industries’ prospects.

By MARTHA GROVES

Jan. 2, 1994 12 AM PT

This report was compiled by Times staff writer Donna K.H. Walters

COMPUTERS: A modicum of price stability will return to the personal computer market, with an attendant tempering of strong growth. Sales could rise by a relatively modest 14%; the pinch on manufacturers’ profit margins will continue. Growth in sales of microprocessors will slow but remain at double-digit levels.

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Martha Groves

Martha Groves, who covered the Westside for the Los Angeles Times, left the newsroom in 2015. A native Hoosier, she became a Metro reporter after many years as a Business writer and editor. She previously worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the late, lamented Chicago Daily News.

‘93/’94 Year-End Review and Outlook : Industry Outlook : Continuing low-grade growth in the national economy, coupled with hopes for stability--if not expansion--in California, is the backdrop for the year in business. Here is an assessment of key industries’ prospects.

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