boj minutes, 2002-06-26
And third, the fall in stock prices seemed to partially reflect the market's anxiety that the factors that were the basis for the U.S. economic prosperity in the 1990s, such as the fiscal surplus and the "peace dividend," might have started to weaken due to the change of fiscal balance to a deficit and concern about the possibility of a recurrence of terrorist attacks.
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_economic_activity