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To: Les H who wrote (40512)	2/17/2000 7:39:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

>>"How the current wealth effect is finally contained will determine whether the extraordinary expansion that it has helped foster can slow to a sustainable pace," the Chairman concluded. << == "I'm not responsible for landing this bird, just takeoff -- you are on your own" <g>

To: Les H who wrote (40512)	2/17/2000 10:05:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 99985

Les, what surprised me the most is that AG did not mention the dangers in the doubling of our trade deficit in the last two years (from an annual rate in the $120 Billions to twice as much, and feel free to correct these numbers). I wonder if anyone else sees dangers in that situation. It is a "lose lose" situation, if we go back to lower trade deficit, the reviving economies in the east will suffer, if we do not, we are undermining our own economic well being. Zeev

To: Les H who wrote (40512)	2/17/2000 10:25:00 PM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 99985

"Because the employment cost index does not capture some forms of compensation that employers have been using more extensively -- for example, stock options, signing bonuses and employee price discounts on in-store purchases -- it has likely been understating the true size of workers' gains." The fact that the Labor Department's productivity measure "captures at least some of the labor costs that the employment cost index omits" may explain "why the productivity and cost measure has been rising faster," the FOMC said. sheer profundity -g-