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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Judge who wrote (631)	12/5/1997 12:04:00 PM
From: Skeptic	Respond to of 9818

Y2K Conspicuous by its absence... The Dec. 8th issue of Time magazine has an article on the remarkable health of the U.S. economy. In a sidebar, they list four "worst-case" scenarios: 1. The Japanese Threat - the Southeast Asian crisis pushes Japan into depression, forcing them to sell Treasuries. 2. The Euro Threat - confidence in the single currency is shaken. 3. The Oil Threat - Saudi Arabia cuts back production to raise prices. 4. The China Threat - conflicts with the U.S. lead China to threaten to dump Treasuries.