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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: Mannie who wrote (19756)5/31/2003 8:17:29 PM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
from spring2002 to now the EURO rose 15%
from now to spring2004 the YEN will rise at least 15%

that is my call and I stick with it
the chart tells me it will be
it is written in stone

investors tend never to get it right with govts
they see a govt succeed in intervention, and conclude that govt intervention will continue to succeed
the Bank of Japan is fighting a desperate and losing battle
they poured out $34B in good money over a single recent month to stop a yen rise
they will lose to the market, which is much bigger
the higher figure means increasing difficulty and desperation, not greater guarantee of success

round #1 went to the easy target -- EURO defended by a more responsible and wise central bank

round #2 will go to the natural next target, where tremendous capital flows are the result of bigtime trade surpluses -- YEN will be defended to the end
which is soon
money will come out of the EURO soon, but not until we get to 120 or so, maybe 125
then money will look for a new hot corner
I think much EURO money will go into gold, but some might actually speculate in to YEN

money will find an increasingly difficult heading into EURO, after such a substantial 25% run since late 2001
that is a bigtime bigtime bigtime currency move
when it comes to currencies, such large moves occur once per decade
unlike tech stocks, which do it three times per year

yen will fire toward 105 by the end of this year
or perhaps early 2004
the consequences will be much more dire to price inflation
the result of the EURO rise was lost attention span to US Stocks by Europeans, and EU Economy hitting the wall (Germany and two other EU nations in recession now)

the result of the YEN rise will be arrival of import price inflation
which will show up in the CPI
then the Fed capping of longterm rates will be very hard indeed
probably impossible

/ jim
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