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To: Step1 who wrote (11268)	2/20/2000 10:59:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

Stephan, agree on that...i have for some time thought that a recovery might be underway in Japan. but over the past few months the economic data have failed to lend support to that theory. it seems to me that a final shakeout is needed there...something which the governments deficit spending and the ultra-loose monetary policy have helped to postpone so far. however, without a shakeout Japan will continue to muddle through until the government defaults. what i do not understand to this day is how the Fed could allow the U.S. bubble to get so out of hand with Japan being a continual reminder of the ultimate consequences of such a policy. oh well, it's too late anyway. good analogy for volatility...at the top.