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To: FJB who wrote (20152)	11/9/1998 4:52:00 PM
From: Greg Jung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Japanese Retail PC sales: Follow the article threads and you can decode the numbers. Comparison looks good for this week because of the typhoon disruption last year. Here are the numbers for total PCs, in units of %increase Volume Value Volume Value start Week-o-w W-o-W Year-o-Year YOY 9/15 +5.5 +5.1 +43.6 +41.6 9/21 +2.6 +3.0 +52.6 +50.8 9/28 -20.8 -20.6 +53.5 +52.2 10/5 -0.5 -1.7 37.6 37.5 10/12 -6.2 -6.4 58.5 57.5 Evidently the market/bond slide put a dent in confidence resulting in a 20% drop that hasn't been recovered. Greg