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To: tejek who wrote (129711)	12/14/2000 11:25:01 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1571031

RE"Try to understand people have been worried for months. They are not spending because they don't know if they will have a job in 6 mos. The election may have added to it but the MI consumer confidence index has been going down for 3 mos." OK, but the election just threw gasoline on the fire.. Jim

To: tejek who wrote (129711)	12/15/2000 7:33:39 AM
From: boris_a	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571031

Ted: the Feds have no excuse to cut and to cut well. US trade deficit is going to be $ 360B per 2000. Growth rate (of deficit)is at 30%(!). If Feds cut well, the greenback exchange rate will go down significantly. Foreign money will vanish (because of expecting further sinking $). You might get higher inflation (by imports) and slower growth (recession?) same time. Not my prediction, but I guess this kind of scenarios are what Alan has to think about. Pretty difficult job. Much more difficult than many think. But all in all, he's doing a great job. Regard Boris BTW, I refrained from techs (except one stock, oh-urks) since April/May NAZ turmoils and initially didn't want to come back until november. Now come back delayed until February despite many temptations. But I wanna get the semis really cheap.