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To: Bilow who wrote (73989)	8/16/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

...or slowing money-supply growth. That has already happened for some time.

To: Bilow who wrote (73989)	8/16/1999 12:37:00 AM
From: Mark Fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

The problem is that the US defends the dollar in only one way. Higher interest rates. The only question is when will the US be forced to defend the dollar, and how high will they have to raise interest rates to attract foreigners into funding even more of our ongoing trade deficits. The implications are quite nasty for the US stock market. Agreeded...

To: Bilow who wrote (73989)	8/16/1999 1:23:00 AM
From: Mark Fowler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Carl did you read this article the excerpt below makes sense the last thing this world wants is a falling dollar and an economic recession here in the US. Message 10965629 " If U.S. consumers cut back, we could see another round of economic crisis in Asia and in Latin America, where Mexico, Brazil and Argentina have not yet fully found their feet after the 1997-98 crisis. Japan, in particular, needs the U.S. dollar to be strong: A weak dollar prices Japanese goods out of the U.S. market, and Japan's export-oriented economy would collapse into a depression without U.S. markets. For now at least, the rest of the world is trapped. Since global prosperity depends on U.S. consumers going to the mall, the rest of the world must conspire to prop up the dollar--and lend us the money to keep the cycle turning."