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To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (14646)	6/22/2000 10:27:00 AM
From: Wally Mastroly	Respond to of 15132

FWIW - from the Bond Market Association: 10:01 BOND MARKET ASSOCIATION SEES INTEREST RATES HIGHER BY HALF POINT AT YEAR END 10:01 BOND MARKET ASSOCIATION EXPECTS NO CHANGE TO RATES FROM FED ON JUNE 28 10:01 BOND MARKET ASSOCIATION STILL SEES INFLATION AS BIGGEST RISK TO ECONOMY 10:01 BOND GROUP: 2000 GDP GROWTH SEEN AT 4.2% BUT FALLING TO 3.4% IN 2001 10:01 BOND GROUP SEES 2000 CPI AT 3.2%, UP FROM 2.4% IN 1999 BUT SLIPPING TO 2.8% IN 2001 10:01 BOND GROUP SEES UNEMPLOYMENT STEADY AT 4% THIS YEAR, INCHING UP TO 4.1% IN 2001 10:01 BOND MARKET ASSOCIATION SEES 30-YEAR MORTGAGE AVERAGING 8.05% BY YEAR END 10:01 INTEREST RATES SEEN HIGHER THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2001, WITH 10-YEAR NOTE AT 6.6%