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Pastimes : Alan Greenspan MUST GO:

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To: BWAC who wrote (398)7/13/2001 4:45:29 PM
From: Master (Hijacked)  Read Replies (2) of 494
 
SUPRISE, SURPRISE....No sign of Inflation!

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Producer prices fall 0.4%
Tame inflation gives Fed room to maneuver


By Rex Nutting, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 11:41 AM ET July 13, 2001

" WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Plunging energy prices drove the producer price index
down 0.4 percent in June, the largest decline in 28 months, the Labor Department
said Friday.

Excluding food and energy costs, prices at the wholesale level rose 0.1 percent.

Economists were looking for a decline of 0.1 percent in the PPI and a rise of 0.1
percent in the core rate. See Economic Calendar.

Producer prices have risen 2.5 percent in the past 12
months. Prices rose at a 2.4 percent in the first half of
the year. Last year, the PPI rose 3.6 percent. See the
release.

Prices of goods ready for further processing fell 0.1
percent in June, while crude or unprocessed goods
prices fell 6 percent.........."
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