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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (25736)	12/18/2000 3:05:24 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

WSJournal vs WashPost on rate cut vs not yet big indefensible absurdity: FedFunds rate is 6.5% but 3-Month Treasury Bill yield is now 5.8% for five years, the Fed has linked these two rates WE NOW HAVE A 70 BASISPT DIFFERENTIAL, ABSURD SLAMMING BRAKES !!! Washington Post reports Fed is very unlikely to cut rates on tuesday they have been an accurate mouthpiece for the Fed for years WallStreet Journal counters that evidence abounds of economic slowing WSJ is the pre-dominant financial reporting publication in our land word has it that Fed Governors are floating trial balloons the countering opinions are intended to underscore the division within the Federal Reserve, and its governors my guess is the stupid ones still see a lurking inflation threat and the smart ones see acceleration in the slowdown / jw