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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126849)2/13/2001 5:34:09 PM
From: Ted Downs  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667
 
The number of layoffs recently doesn't sound like boom times. But unemployment
remains low.

unemployment moved from 3.9% to 4.1%. That's not bad unless your in that .2%



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126849)2/13/2001 5:42:39 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
<<But unemployment remains low.>>

Just wait. Every day I hear about layoffs and the paper shows the same. People who are laid off quit buying as do their neighbors. It's a snowball.

Start looking for farm sales. 2nd year of crop prices being below production costs.