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<text id=89TT0218>
<title>
Jan. 23, 1989: Business Notes:Financial Markets
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Jan. 23, 1989 Barbara Bush:The Silver Fox
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 47
Business Notes
FINANCIAL MARKETS
Here Come The Bulls
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<p> Rising interest rates usually bring gloom to the stock
market, since they can presage a slowing economy. But stocks
are doing the unexpected. Last Friday the Dow Jones industrial
average closed at 2226.07, its highest level since Oct. 16,
1987, the Friday before Black Monday. It was up 32 points for
the week and 57 points since Jan. 1.
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<p> Why the bullishness? The economy's proven resilience is one
reason, but many investors simply cite the bandwagon effect: no
one wants to miss out on a good rally. Even some small
investors, who have generally avoided the market since the
crash, have joined the fresh stampede.
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<p> These are heady days as well for the U.S. dollar, which has
risen 4% against the West German deutsche mark since the
beginning of the month. The run-up is a side effect of rising
interest rates, which the Federal Reserve has allowed to climb
as a means of preventing inflation. But the U.S. and most
European central banks decided last week to restrain the dollar
by intervening in the currency markets. Reason: U.S. progress in
narrowing its trade deficit is likely to be hampered by too
strong a currency, since it increases the prices -- and reduces
the competitiveness -- of American products.
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