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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (120804)	3/18/2001 11:32:12 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 164684

Purchases financed by debt require a steady job. Rising unemployment, if it snowballs, would cut into both of these purchases. Just as in telcom, when you run out of credit, you stop buying stuff.

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (120804)	3/18/2001 11:38:34 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>> Cars and houses are selling because the War Babies' babies are forming households. This will go on for years. Yes, with the worry being if they can stay employed through this recession scare. I just don't know how many unfilled jobs there were last year, and whether the people laid off now can reposition themselves quickly. One thing that is never clear in a layoff announcement is whether the reduced functions will be done by contractors. Or whether they mean a reduction in output, so that all aspects of the operation, workers, raw materials, factory space, office space, are all reduced.