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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (115919)	8/7/2001 5:57:38 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 436258

API's out...look pretty bullish to me: 4:39pm 08/07/01 API POSTS 3.4 MLN BRL DROP IN CRUDE STOCKS - BRIDGE 4:40pm 08/07/01 API POSTS 1.8 MLN BRL DROP IN GASOLINE STOCKS - BRIDGE

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (115919)	8/7/2001 6:14:32 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 436258

What's with you guys? When debt was going up, that was grounds for gloom-and-doom, now debt is going down, and that's grounds for gloom-and-doom, as well. Is it possible, just possible, that good news might be good?

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (115919)	8/7/2001 6:20:15 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Don't forget that the report does not include home mortgages and home equity loans. The pitches for replacing other loans with home equity loans have reached a crescendo and falling mortgage interest rates have cooperated. This report does not necessarily mean that the consumer is retrenching.