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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (38847)	6/9/2000 2:04:00 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

How will they spin THIS in the months ahead? From the BANK CREDIT ANALYST Jun 09 09:03 2000) Rising business costs pose an increasing risk to U.S. corporate profits and, thus, the equity market. Our margin proxy, which measures the gap between selling and input prices (advanced by 12 months), warns that the boom in profits since late-1998 is set to slow, perhaps sharply. Increased labor, energy and raw material costs have pressured companies to try lifting selling prices. Companies have recorded some success recently in hiking prices, but not sufficiently to offset the rise in input prices. Already, S&P operating earnings have dipped on a quarterly basis, despite the economic boom: what will happen when activity cools? An economic slowdown is inevitable, because the modest success in raising selling prices means that consumer inflation is rising.