ウィリアムの「占星術による2004年の予想」　
　

Astrological Predictions for 2004

By

William Stickevers

1. U.S. economy will continue to recover with gross domestic product growing a healthy 4.4 percent, before inflation, however job creation will be less than what forecasters have projected.
2. By May their will be a shift in the leading economic indicators showing that recovery phase of the stock market, that began in March/April of 2003, will be giving way to an expansion period of slower but steadier growth.
3. A weak dollar crisis will Force the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy well before the November elections.
4. Federal Reserve will not begin raising short-term interest rates until next year.
5. The NASDAQ will likely reach 2,500.
6. Bush will remain a clear re-election favorite due to improving economic indicators, the peaceful transition to democracy in Iraq, Medicare reform, and tax cuts. These factors will enhance the President's approval by voters, particularly independents.
7. The Bush re-election team will run a very well organized campaign but will run into problems from late September thru mid October.
8. If Wesley Clark gets the Democratic nomination the presidential election in November will be very close. The president will lose a majority of key battleground states such as New York and California due loss of manufacture jobs, chronic unemployment, and white-collar outsourcing.
9. If Howard Dean gets the Democratic nomination George W. Bush will easily win re-election. The President will lose several states, including New York, and Massachusetts, but will win an electoral landside.
10. The Republican grip on Congress will strengthen in both the Senate and the House during 2004.
11.  Bush waits until after the election for Social Security reform.
12. There will be some changes in the Cabinet but no change in Vice President.
13. The U.S. will maintain 80,000-troop presence in Iraq during 2004 for protecting top Iraqi politicians, overseeing elections, destroying insurgents and foreign nationals, and conducting intelligence operations. Iraqi insurgent attacks on U.S. forces will decline to a slow trickle during the summer.
14. North Korea will continue to make idol threats of military action against South Korea and Japan throughout the year.  During the month of June North Korea will resume testing of long-range missiles and nuclear technologies, which will become a major foreign policy issue for the United States.
15. Global warming fears heat up when Earth sets new temperature records. Droughts continue in the West and Midwest.
16. Between January through early April will be difficult and trying period for Israel.
17. High probability of major structural damage to the West Coast of the United States from a series of earthquakes in California between February and July.
18. Canada’s economy will begin a recovery period during the first half of 2004 that will result in healthy and strong GNP growth during the 3rd and 4th fiscal quarter.
19. High unemployment and labor issues in New York during late summer will become major news issues. 
20. If Arnold Schwarzenegger will be forced to raise state taxes but will begin to pull off a transformation in California.
21. New, strange discoveries will come to light with the American robotic Martian probes. Maybe not buildings but constructed water channels and avenues will be found.
22. Evidence will mount that Iraqi WMD was smuggled to Syria in the weeks prior to the U.S.-led war in March 2003 and stored in Syrian Air Force facilities and in Lebanon's heavily fortified Bekaa Valley.
23. One in ten IT jobs would head overseas by the end of 2004. Offshore outsourcing of white-collar technology jobs in United States to India, China, and Southeast Asia will become a big election issue in November.
24. Due to offshore outsourcing, compliance will be a major growth area for IT organizations in 2004. Understanding and evaluating the various compliance standards will be a very hot skill. Companies will become overwhelmed with all the compliance issues and will start hiring compliance-certified staff and consultants to oversee and manage the various regulations.
25. China’s economic growth rate will reach 9.5%.
26. Military tensions will continue to rise between China and Taiwan, while the United States takes a neutral position.
27. Lord of the Rings will win an Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Cinematography.
28. Japan’s economy will continue suffer from periodic deflation and sluggish economic growth. However, Japan’s Nikkei Index will be very bullish in 2004 with a likely target of 15,000. The Japanese government will finally begin to tough corrective measures.
29. Companies and individuals will begin to break out of the patterns of recent tough years with new ideas, products, and business models