很少人持乐观看法，认为市况很快就会复原。第一波士顿[财务]公司总裁兼总经理考克斯说，“目前市况不振。这种情况我预料还要继续一段时间。我预料要经过一段相当时间才能挽回颓势。”

• Few are optimistic that the business will bounce back quickly. "Business is down, and I would expect it to stay down for some time," said Archibald Cox Jr., the president and chief executive of the First Boston Corporation. "I expect that it will take a meaningful period of time before we right the ship."