[altair]

More bad news from this side of the Pacific. As of 9 this morning, the Nikkei is down to 9083.77 and the Topix index is down to 888.47.

[chance33_98]

Well, Good. We need things to level out and be reborn after the liberal mess of the 90's. 'Money' Was everywhere, so if it was real, where did it all go? It was never there to begin with and this is the result of that mess (and many others, no one thing of course).

[VRW Conspirator]

The worst economy in the last 50 years, don't ya know!

[teletech]

If this keeps up another 2 years, as some on this forum have said, then what do you think the chances are that President Bush will win a second term?

[Pelham]

Deflation, with interest rates nearly at zero. Japan had a twin bubble, stocks and real estate. As long as they refuse to clean up their banking system, and write off bad loans and close bankrupt firms, they're going to continue to stagnate.

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