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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (10694)	11/8/2000 4:58:08 PM
From: T Bowl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Wally - Do you follow import prices at all? I do, mainly as a hint as to what to expect on the following day for the PPI. Around 80% of the time it is a good indicator of the direction of the MTM PPI data. I use it as a hedge to make sure I am not betting on the wrong side when the PPI comes out. It fell 0.5% last month. OA trend over the last few months looks very good. Even the "core" import prices(ex petrol) trend looks like it has peaked. Current expectations for PPI is 0.2% tomorrow. I'm betting it's lower…hopefully even negative. I'd swear the data is watched more closely than I read about. The timing of the last few major peaks occur eerily close to fed movements. Even before US rear view mirror data shows a let up in inflationary pressures. Any thoughts? todd