From the international perspective, the global economy has been dragging along at a low ebb for some years now. There have been many reports of layoffs, salary cuts, and plant closings, even for established multinational giants. It was only in the middle of 1994 that light showed at the end of the tunnel, and the turnaround that is making everyone so pleased only really began then.
的確，從國際觀點來看，全球景氣在谷底掙扎翻滾已有多年，連根柢雄厚的跨國大企業，都難逃裁員、減薪、倒閉等連串噩運，直到九四年中期，曙光初露，才算有了令人驚喜的轉機。