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锘?!DOCTYPE html PUBliC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Asian Stocks Sink as US Economy Wilts - VOA Standard English In 2008</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta content="all" name="robots"/><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008, Asian Stocks Sink as US Economy Wilts" name="description" /><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008" name="keywords" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/style.css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-small.css" title="Small Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-medium.css" title="Medium Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-large.css" title="Large Text" /></head><body><div><img id="logo" src="/images/voa.gif" alt="VOA" /></div><div id="nav"><a title="VOA" href="http://www.51voa.com/"><b>緹庡浗涔嬮煶</b></a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_English/index.html">VOA Standard English</a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English In 2008</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="/images/notice.js"></script></div><div id="leftMainContainer"><div id="leftNav"><div class="leftN_title">VOA Standard English</div><ul><li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English <img src=/images/new.gif border=0></a></li> <li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1_archiver.html">VOA Standard English Archives </a></li> </ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA Special English</div><ul><li><a href="/Development_Report_1.html">Development Report</a></li><li><a href="/This_is_America_1.html">This is America</a></li><li><a href="/Agriculture_Report_1.html">Agriculture Report</a></li><li><a href="/Science_in_the_News_1.html">Science in the News</a></li><li><a href="/Health_Report_1.html">Health Report</a></li><li><a href="/Explorations_1.html">Explorations</a></li><li><a href="/Education_Report_1.html">Education Report</a></li><li><a href="/The_Making_of_a_Nation_1.html">The Making of a Nation</a></li><li><a href="/Economics_Report_1.html">Economics Report</a></li><li><a href="/American_Mosaic_1.html">American Mosaic</a></li><li><a href="/In_the_News_1.html">In the News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Stories_1.html">American Stories</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Their_Stories_1.html">Words And Their Stories</a></li><li><a href="/People_in_America_1.html">People in America</a></li></ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA English Learning</div><ul><li><a href="/Word_Master_1.html">Wordmaster</a></li><li><a href="/Learn_A_Word_1.html">Learn A Word</a></li><li><a href="/Bilingual_News_1.html">Bilingual News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Cafe_1.html">American Cafe</a></li><li><a href="/Popular_American_1.html">Popular American</a></li><li><a href="/Business_Etiquette_1.html">Business Etiquette</a></li><li><a href="/Sports_English_1.html">Sports English</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Idioms_1.html">Words And Idioms</a></li><li><a href="/Intermediate_American_English_1.html">Intermediate American English</a></li></ul></div><div id="rightContainer"><span class="title">Asian Stocks Sink as US Economy Wilts</span><div id="contentAds"><script type="text/javascript"><!--google_ad_client = "pub-3585518775245612";/* 51VOAContent */google_ad_slot = "4281465902";google_ad_width = 336;google_ad_height = 280;//--></script><script type="text/javascript"src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></div><span id="content"><EMBED src="/path.asp?url=/200812/LCR%20Mercer%20%20Asia%20Stocks%20%20120208rw.mp3" width=280 height=40 type="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" autostart="false" Controls="ControlPanel" tppabs=""></EMBED><BR><a href="/path.asp?url=/200812/LCR%20Mercer%20%20Asia%20Stocks%20%20120208rw.mp3" class="wwmp3">» Download Audio</a><BR><BR><span class="byline">By Phil Mercer</span> <br> <span class="dateline">Sydney</span><br> <span class="datetime"><em>02 December 2008</em></span><br><p><b>Asian stocks have fallen again, as markets feel the pressure of a faltering world economy. The latest slide in shares has been prompted by more gloomy financial data from the United States. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.</b></p><p><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" align="right" width="190"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:583386|" title="Trader walks in front of electronic board at Philippine Stock Exchange, financial district of Makati, 2 Dec 2008<br />" alt="Trader walks in front of electronic board at Philippine Stock Exchange, financial district of Makati, 2 Dec 2008<br />" src="/images/200812/af_philippine_trader_stocks_2dec08_eng_175.jpg" border="0" vspace="2" width="190" height="190" hspace="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">Trader walks in front of electronic board at Philippine Stock Exchange, financial district of Makati, 2 Dec 2008<br></td></tr></tbody></table>Another miserable day on Asian markets was sparked by more news that the American economy continues to falter.<br><br>In the United States, the National Bureau of Economic Research says the country went into recession a year ago. Adding to the gloom was data that indicated that U.S. factory activity dipped to a 26-year low in November. <br><br>Asian markets slumped as a result. In Japan, the Nikkei lost more than six percent of its value. There were falls in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines.<br><br>In Tokyo, shares in one of the world's biggest steel makers, JFE Holdings, lost almost a tenth of their value.<br><br>Markets in Australia followed the regional trend downwards, despite another sizable cut in interest rates, to 4.25 percent.<br><br>Economists in Australia say the reduction failed to revive ailing local stocks, because the anticipated cut had already had been largely factored in to the market.<br><br>Despite a subdued reaction, analyst Stephen Halmarich says the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision will help to lift the gloom.<br><br>"We see that as a very positive sign for the outlook for the economy, but clearly they are concerned that the global outlook is so negative and financial markets are so fragile that they need to move as quickly as they have," he said. <br><br>Australia's economy is not expected to go into recession. However, a slowdown is widely anticipated, with unemployment likely to rise.<br><br>Next week, the Australia government starts its multi-billion dollar spending package that is designed to stimulate growth. Pensioners and families are to be given one-off payments of up to (US)$1,300, to help fuel consumer demand.<br><br>The Bank of Japan is also trying to rebuild confidence with a range of measures, including a new lending scheme.<br><br>Jitters in the markets may take time to dispel. 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