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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (12280)	12/30/2001 8:20:29 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Their 2001 record - re crystal ball research and the big-league players. One of original 10, giving numbers in 2001, dropped out of the race for 2002, I would dare to say, for the obvious reasons 01 predictions actual 01 avge st.dev growth 0.6 2.7 0.17 consumer prices 2.5 1.8 0.21 private consumption 1.3 2.4 0.07 investments -4.4 3.1 1.13 cap. Equipment -2.5 7.9 1.67 real estate -6.0 -0.3 0.94 exports 4.7 8.5 0.71 imports 1.2 8.1 0.62 bto salaries 2.1 3.2 0.37 inv. Income -1.2 3.9 0.73 unemployed [M] 3.85 3.62 0.03 every single one of the items predicted was significantly (statistically speaking) off the actual number. No wonder one of the dropped out for 2002 (see prev. post) and second, their bars are twice the size of bars the last year. In a nut shell: they all have trouble seeing anything in the thin brown mist that's emanating from the world 2002 fan. dj