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To: Les H who wrote (40824)	2/20/2000 5:32:00 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 99985

re: interest rate hikes all over the world: I notice the article didn't mention the world's second largest economy, Japan. Japan's recovery is fragile, in spite of deficit spending so massive and prolonged that their credit rating is hurting. Raising interest rates would snuff out consumer spending. On the other hand, if they don't raise interest rates (while the Euro zone, Britain, and the US are raising rates), then who is going to buy Japanese government bonds? I don't see any good choices for the Japanese, going forward.