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To: JRI who wrote (200994)10/30/2002 8:50:57 AM
From: reaper  Read Replies (3) of 436258
 
JRI, i think you ignore the costs of a number of things that are declining:

cars
furniture
apparrel
consumer electronics
anything remotely tech related (PCs, etc)
telecom services

basically, anything that can be made in China / the rest of the developing world is falling in price. and these are MAJOR expenditures for people. i expect this trend to continue if not accelerate.

as far as services inflation (education, healthcare, government/taxes, housing) i think people will be surprised how much some of these come down in price if a true recession really hits (of course, your taxes will never go down <g>)

its a deflationary world. and the main reason i know so is that Glenn Hubbard says its not <g>

Cheers
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