美国虚拟经济存在三点忧虑:其一,支撑虚拟经济的制造业已伤痕累累。据美国商务部的统计,今年第一季度美国制造业设备利用率已下降到1982年以来的最低水平,而自去年第四季度以来,美国各大制造业公司纷纷报出利润率下降的报表:1998年第四季度业绩公布前,已有417家在美国上市的公司发出了盈利警告,而当时分析家就已预测出这一数字还会增加,肯定将超过第三季度的 There are three worries in the U.S. fictitious economy: First, the manufacturing industry that supports the fictitious economy has been scarred. According to the statistics released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the utilization rate of manufacturing equipment in the United States in the first quarter of this year has dropped to the lowest level since 1982, and since the fourth quarter of last year, major manufacturing companies in the United States have reported their profit margins: Before the announcement of the fourth quarter of 1998, there were already 417 U.S.-listed companies that issued profit warnings, while analysts at the time predicted that the number would increase, certainly more than in the third quarter