81. Prompted by economic weakness in the region, central bankers in recent weeks have bowed to market pressure and let their currencies slide. 82. Reflecting US economic weakness, stocks of consumer stocks such as Whirlpool and Home Depot are sputtering. 83. Retail sales also are another indication of economic weakness. 84. Riley is among those investors who predicts the Fed is finished raising rates, and says economic weakness in the months ahead will result in a rate cut. 85. Q.When the Federal Reserve cut rates again on Tuesday, it talked of economic weakness for the foreseeable future. 86. Sales of consumer electronics products such as televisions, VCRs and radios, have slumped in recent years because of economic weakness. 87. Riley predicted the Fed is finished raising rates, and said economic weakness in the months ahead will result in a rate cut. 88. Shares of Chase Manhattan Corp. and other banks with large international operations fell on concern that drops in Asian stock markets may underscore economic weakness and hurt corporate profits. 89. Signs of economic weakness are good for bonds because inflation, which erodes the value of bonds fixed payments, is unlikely to heat up while growth is slow. 90. Seven years of economic weakness in Japan have created serious problems for the auto industry there, but Honda has weathered them better than its rivals. |