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Pastimes : The Naked Truth - Big Kahuna a Myth

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To: Lucretius who wrote (43490)5/27/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: Defrocked  Read Replies (1) of 86076
 
(1) Luc, Luc, their currencies are not "imploding" a la
the ruble, baht or rupiah last year. You gotta cut down
on the hyperbole.<g>

(2)Japan has not been "relentlessly
printing" money. Their broad money number has
grown YOY by only 4.2% while the US has been
printing M3 at more than twice that annual pace. The
Euro-in countries are also only printing at
half the US rate. So Japan is not "flooding
the world with liquidity" nor is Europe. More
than likely its the US and apparently it hasn't
been enough yet to create serious inflation
concerns, as represented by dollar strength and
low, albeit increasing, CPI rates.

(3)A raising of rates by Japan and the ECB is not
likely, IMHO, given their GDP and employment rates.
Some economists blame currency protectionism in the
1930's for extending the GDep. I certainly hope the
G7 has learned from that past experience and from
more recent coordination to avoid such a mistake.

(4)I agree that Japan is a buy sometime. But not IMHO
till the US has more rational equity pricing. I'd rather
wait for the fallout among trading partners before
committing cash to equities elsewhere as here.
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