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<text id=90TT0578>
<title>
Mar. 05, 1990: Business Notes:Financial Markets
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Mar. 05, 1990 Gossip
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 45
Business Notes
FINANCIAL MARKETS
A Rapid Loss Of Altitude
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<p> When Japan's probusiness Liberal Democratic Party confounded
predictions of a tight race and won a resounding victory in the
national election early last week, many investors hoped Tokyo's
financial markets would celebrate. But the champagne corks
never popped. Instead investors watched in distress as the
Tokyo stock market suffered one of its biggest declines ever.
Falling in four of the five daily sessions last week, the
225-issue Nikkei index plummeted more than 2,500 points, or
nearly 7%. Approximately half of the drop occurred on Wednesday
alone. The Nikkei closed at 35,890.97, the lowest level since
last October.
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<p> The steep fall prompted many investors to suspect that
Japan's high-flying stock market may finally be headed for a
major correction. One factor depressing the market is a
widespread belief that the Bank of Japan will boost interest
rates to fight inflation, a move that would be likely to slow
the country's economic growth. The trade talks between the U.S.
and Japan, which resumed last week, were also a source of
gloom. Ironically, yet another notable cause of last week's
volatility is an American export, program trading, which a
growing number of firms are now practicing on the Tokyo market.
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