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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skeet Shipman who wrote (56279)	11/15/2001 2:07:42 PM
From: Skeet Shipman	Respond to of 94695

I don't know if I am the only one who has questioned some of the recent data releases, such as retail sales. Another measure of the consumer that is not as volatile as other data series is given below. Consumer (Individual) Loans at all Commercial Banks Seasonally Adjusted 2001.01 545.8 2001.02 545.9 2001.03 544.6 2001.04 548.4 2001.05 552.6 2001.06 551.1 2001.07 549.0 2001.08 546.5 2001.09 546.4 2001.10 549.2 This indicates Sept 11 did not alter major consumer activity as much as other series imply.