两年多以来，美国经济快速增长，几乎出现60年代快速增长的情形。自1995年以来美国的通货膨胀率实际有所下降，1997年预计为2．4％。美国股市情形也令人满意。虽然3月份由于美联储提高利率，美国股市曾出现下滑，但是3月底4月初，投资者的态度迅速改变，股市出现反弹。4月11日 For more than two years, the U.S. economy grew rapidly with almost rapid growth in the 1960s. The inflation rate in the United States has actually dropped since 1995, with an estimated 2.4% in 1997. The U.S. stock market is also satisfactory. Although the U.S. stock market had declined in March as a result of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, the attitude of investors changed rapidly and the stock market rebounded in late March and early April. April 11