71. Auto sales in Japan have slumped in line with shrinking overall consumer demand as the economy suffers its worst recession since World War II. 72. Big western economies will suffer far less than the small Asian tigers. 73. Border state economies would also suffer. 74. Both economies have suffered. 75. Business analysts, however, think the economy will suffer unless the franc weakens soon. 76. But the Burmese economy is still suffering through difficult times, with its currency, the kyat, plummeting in local trading against the dollar during the past year. 77. But the economy is still suffering from a recession expected to last through next year. 78. Dealers blamed central bank predictions that the export-driven economy would suffer zero export growth this year. 79. Eight years after the bloodshed, the economy is still suffering. 80. Greenspan and other witnesses stressed their view that while the economy had suffered a major shock, the long-term prospects for economic growth remained sound. |