Yet another price hike predicted for newsprint

The stock market isn’t the only thing experts are predicting will increase in 1997. The cost of newsprint, which has been declining for some time, appears to be on its way up again. The results will be felt throughout the newspaper and commercial-printing worlds and could soon affect the way both do business.
The cost of newsprint has fluctuated wildly over the past two years. It’s gone from a low of approximately $425 a metric ton in May 1994 all the way up to $772 a metric ton in September 1995, but has been falling since then.
“It’s cyclical, and…