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Article: Positive prospects for Palestinian stock exchange
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- December 28, 2001
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GREGG GARDNER
Jerusalem Post
12-28-2001
Headline: Positive prospects for Palestinian stock exchange
Byline: GREGG GARDNER
Edition; Daily
Section: Economics
Page: 11
Friday, December 28, 2001 -- Despite a dramatic drop-off in nearly all indicators over the past year, economists remained optimistic about the future of the Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE) in Nablus, which has recently announced its decision to increase trading hours.
"The stock exchange's troubles are mostly due to the poor economic situation," Dr. Roby Nathanson, an economist and chairman of the Israeli Institute for Economic and Social Research told The Jerusalem Post, "but the fact that its overall market cap is almost $1 ...