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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (31748)	2/22/2001 2:58:07 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (2) of 65232

Federal Reserve Weekly Leading Index (WLI) is trending up Greenspan honed this index after the 1990-91 recession back then, measurements he relied upon turned out to fail him they were too slow in measuring the downturn/ upturn the WLI was actually developed by Geoff Moore , GreenStudent's former economics professor at NewYorkUniv the independent Economic Cycle Research Institute attests to its validity in tracking the economy it is based upon: - U.S. money supply - stock & bond mutual fund inflows - Journal of Commerce commodity price index - mortgage applications (new and refi) - weekly jobless claims the WLI is now emitting recovery signals some recent readings: Jun 2000 = 125.3 Dec 2000 = 119.0 Jan 2001 = 122.0 Feb2, 2001 = 124.0 Feb9, 2001 = 122.8 so just cause for believing the economy IS recovering check out a website with supporting info: businesscycle.com it is updated every Friday, so it claims worth saving as a favorite by economy/ bond market watchers / Jim Willie Cooked Borscht

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