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To: Ish who wrote (23609)	9/21/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24894

Well, it's a down day on the market. We need a reason to celebrate! What's Peanut been up to: ABOUT THE MARKET: `It's the same story. The U.S. economy is stronger than the rest of the world so we continue to buy more than we sell,' said First Union economist David Orr. The growth in the deficit in July was unexpected. Many analysts had been forecasting a slight narrowing after a string of record monthly highs. The politically sensitive deficits with Japan climbed 8 percent in July to a record high of $6.8 billion, while the gap with China rose an even larger 11.4 percent to a record $6.3 billion."