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Jan. 22, 1990: Business Notes:Wall Street
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 22, 1990 A Murder In Boston
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 52
Business Notes
WALL STREET
Bad News Bulls
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<p> Spooked by a burst of inflation at home and worrisome
economic signals abroad, the stock market suffered an anxiety
attack last week. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average
plunged 71.46 points, the largest single-day decline since the
190-point minicrash on Friday, Oct. 13. Last week's loss sent
the Dow to 2689.21, down 84.04 for the week.
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<p> The power dive came after Tokyo's Nikkei stock average
tumbled 653.36 points, to 37,516.77, the steepest one-day drop
in two years. Investors had barely calmed down from that fright
when Washington reported that the U.S. index of wholesale
prices jumped an unexpectedly high 0.7% in December.
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<p> The bad news on inflation dampened Wall Street's hopes that
the Federal Reserve Board would continue to loosen credit.
Those expectations had run high earlier in the week when major
U.S. banks cut their prime lending rate from 10 1/2% to 10%.
The reduction could quickly lead to lower short-term interest
rates on many loans--unless it is reversed by new
inflationary pressures.
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