Stock markets started 2003 in a relatively buoyant mood. The view seemed to be that the world economy would come out of a soft patch, that the Bush administration would deliver tax cuts that sustained US consumer spending and that war in Iraq would go smoothly and quickly, slashing oil prices.
The argument goes that the US recovery will be slow but sustained. Employment won’t grow much but incomes will, helped by tax cuts and productivity gains.
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