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1998Year Unemployment in Hong Kong reached 4.2 percent from March through May, highest rate in 15 years
stock market plunges 5.7 percent to its lowest closing level since Jan 30, 1995; Hang Seng drops 452.94 points, to 7,462.50; Jan Lee, chief economist at Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, predicts unemployment will rise to 5.5 percent by end of 1998; says overall economy, which shrank at 2 percent annual rate in first quarter, will probably finish 1998 with 1 percent decline--first full year of recession since Hong Kong began tracking its growth in 1961; graph (M) As Unemployment Worsens, Hong Kong Stocks Fall 5.7%
1949Year R H Fetridge on price drops as normal THE FINANCIAL WEEK
Stock Market Plunges to Mid-December Lows Influenced by Break in Commodities
1953Year Lrs on Sept 15 ed on market forecasting Market Forecasting
Stock Market Predictions Said to Be Outguessing Guessers
1921Year The recovery in stock market prices, which began early last week, continued yesterday in the same quiet and orderly manner as on preceding days. There was nothing that could be described as of a buoyant character, but there was a steady tone in evidence at all times even though there was some profit-taking to be absorbed. FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Stock Market Prices Again Advance--Foreign ExchangesShow Weakness.
1950Year Financial markets were surprised last week by the critical turn of events in Korea and its ominous implications. Hopes of an early ending of the conflict gave way to forebodings as tension increased in international affairs. THE FINANCIAL WEEK
Stock Market Prices Break as 'Fear' Selling Follows Military Reverses in Korea
1920Year Trading on the Stock Exchange yesterday was of a desultory character, with the professional element once more having things very much to themselves. TOPICS IN WALL STREET
Stock Market Prices Ease Off.