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To: John Soileau who wrote (49328)	2/18/2000 9:29:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116790

<<Who says the trades are for the big houses themselves? The buys could be for a CB, the sells for a tinhorn dictator who wants to buy an airplane. Not necessarily Chase et al pushing the price up or down. Am I missing something?>> Not me, but then UNLESS they publish those positions when they give investment advice, we will never know will we?

To: John Soileau who wrote (49328)	2/19/2000 9:26:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116790

Inflation Grows In A Global Context By John Lonski, Chief Economist, Moody's Investors Service 2/15/00 11:06 AM ET Buyers may be approaching Treasury bonds cautiously not so much because of supply uncertainties, but rather because of a possible loss of future demand to an irrepressibly brisk US economy and faster expenditures growth elsewhere. How difficult it is to be bullish on bonds when most look for more Fed rate hikes. Having effectively shrugged off significantly higher borrowing costs, the US economy has not supplied the slightest hint of slowing by enough to cap the latest rise by inflation risks. Mounting evidence of faster spending growth in almost all foreign economies except for Japan heightens inflation risks even after allowing for a deceleration of US spending. An acceleration of foreign demand could (cont) dismalscience.com