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To: Jill who wrote (32166)	3/1/2001 2:19:43 PM
From: AllansAlias	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 65232

Jill, I never said that they were not. However, they are but two levers in a very complicated machine. Depending on them to steer the ship in the face of overwhelming inertia is a losing bet. There are many other factors at play other than the amount of money printed by and the rates set by the United States of America. The most important factor here is that the bubble should never have been allowed to grow to such unprecedented proportions. History told us time and time again that we should never allow it, but we refuse to learn. We can waste much time doing a post-mortem and assigning blame, but I think it is more important to fix our gaze on the future and ask two questions about the bursting of this bubble: 1) How will this affect me, my family, my friends, my community, my country, and so on. 2) How can I protect my assets and even make them grow during these challenging times. If you do not believe that we had/have a bubble and the mania that goes with it, then yes, we have little to discuss. Cheers. Allan. _________ Rate hikes/cuts and money flow ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT

To: Jill who wrote (32166)	3/1/2001 2:28:25 PM
From: edamo	Respond to of 65232

jill...."contemporaneous?" usnews.com same stuff, different day......sooner or later things will reverse... ed a. p.s...agree with you fed action has been responsible for past recessions....

To: Jill who wrote (32166)	3/1/2001 2:55:18 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 65232

Some forecasters think we are already in a recession... Message 15432455 Not Greenspeak though --- he has it all figured out....he seems to view this as just a temporary downturn <G>. Well, as you can tell by my posts I'm not overly impressed with the FED. I also do feel they are not the only ones to blame for the big fall off in demand and the crash in the Naz. Yet, they must be held accountable for their actions. Last month I heard the Chief Economist from Northern Trust say that he personally felt the US might be much better off if we actually abolished the FED...=) Best Regards, Scott