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To: Mannie who wrote (7566)	10/12/2000 11:19:35 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Respond to of 65232

smart guy just said a truism: higher oil costs are acting as a consumption tax the proof is being seen in HomeDepot's numbers but I suspect a few more shoes will fall soon been saying this for long time higher energy costs are NOT inflationary they squeeze profits, since costs typically cannot be passed along intense unprecedented levels of competition in this expanding economy now Bill Seidman says: nothing will slow down our economy better than $35 oil I suspect the Fed will have to reduce rates soon / Jim