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To: Alex who wrote (52658)	5/13/2000 2:42:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116759

Nearly three years after the Asian currency crisis, which nearly triggered a global financial meltdown, policy makers are fiercely debating how to reform the world's financial institutions to prevent the next financial meltdown. But despite pledges by the major industrial countries at various summit meetings, the political impetus for substantial reform is fading. news.bbc.co.uk

To: Alex who wrote (52658)	5/13/2000 6:48:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116759

It makes sense for Americans to be smug about their lot. The economic might of the United States - its abundant jobs, low inflation, high productivity and unstoppable growth - has not only been good for the US, it's also benefited the rest of the world. By buying up exports indiscriminately, the US has powered global growth for the past few years. Yet if you were to ask a European or even an Australian central banker, they'd say the dark underside of this gilded American age is starting to show. The irrepressible greenback is in danger of suffocating growth in the rest of the world. afr.com.au