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To: DavesM who wrote (693084)7/21/2005 7:15:09 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
It was a slow un-winding of an asset bubble in Japan (slow mostly because of the ill-advised rear guard actions of the Japanese government), a much larger systemic problem then merely a 'market crash' there, and was far LARGER in magnitude then the '87 US market crash... if that is indeed the one you are referring to.