91.   The recovering US dollar also had a negative impact on business by cancelling out the increased export profits made by multinationals during the recent slump of the US currency.

92.   Mitsuzuka also said that neither he nor Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto could do much about a recent slump in Japanese share prices.

93.   Rising stock levels, a symptom of the recent slump in demand, have triggered a slide in prices in recent months.