Two years ago, the U.S. stock market collapsed, creating pessimism. Unexpectedly, in April or May of last year the international economic situation took a turn for the better, and growth rates for industrial nations in 1988 exceeded expectations.
前年十月十九日，美國股市崩盤，工業國家在此事件打擊之下，皆對來年經濟景氣不表樂觀，未料，到了去年四、五月間，國際景氣轉好，以致一九八八年工業國家實際經濟成長比預期來得好。