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To: GST who wrote (135915)	12/16/2001 11:59:12 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Trade effects are caused the trade deficit, marketplace effects are caused by supply and demand for dollars as a commodity, and repatriation is bringing dollars back to the US. Simple to me. You can spin this all you want. You can say I'm dead wrong or whatever, I'm not going to debate this topic. I thought you might enjoy some insights into how a trade deficit or current account deficit (which is the ultimate extension of a trade deficit) doesn't automatically mean pending disaster. There are a lot of moving parts. There is plenty written to support your thesis. My bet is that the productivity engine in the US is our source of wealthbuilding and everything else is secondary in effect. The economy is globalized now. Money will flow where it can be used most productively...just like in the human body where most blood flows to the brain.