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3.US Treasuries were weaker during May as investor expectations for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve waned.
4.The Korean government counts on private consumption to drive the economy when exports are weak.
5.It fell15.6% for 1998. This spells weak manufacturing and electronics figures in the following two quarters.
6.The local government hopes polar bear hunts will help bolster the faltering economy by creating jobs for hunting guides.
7.Indeed, with the weakening of the yen this week, Hong Kong currency is already under pressure in the form demonstrated in the higher interbank interest rate in the last few days.
8.The author thinks Euro?s weakness at the beginning resulted from her own some instability and the weak economic strength of EMU(European Economic and Monetary Union).
9.If that happens, the Fed will face the unenviable task of curtailing its easing or even raising rates while the economy is weak.
10.Holiday buying, which picked up in the second week of the season after a sluggish start, faltered this week, leaving Christmas sales around the country barely ahead of last year, according to a sampling of retailers in seven cities.
