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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (17364)	3/4/2002 8:45:24 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Respond to of 23786

Economic Calendar biz.yahoo.com

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (17364)	3/4/2002 9:18:36 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23786

Jeff, that is a very interesting post indeed...I've been pondering the growth percentage too and the first question that came to mind was compared to WHAT??? That poster does a good job in showing how the events of 9/11 skew the numbers...I find this supportive of the double dip recession as I would be surprised to see the growth sustainable. But we shall see. BTW...saw "We Were Soldiers" last night...Excellent, very well done, well acted, and the first Viet Nam film I think I've ever seen that actually depicted the dignity, valor pain of the wives and families left behind.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (17364)	3/4/2002 11:09:37 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23786

There are so many ways to twist the numbers that once it all shakes out nobody is really growing like we think of Growth. Fact is even when we get past the ripple of 9/11 companies will still be comparing numbers to last years which sucked. So what if they show a 10% growth rate. 10% more than sucked still sucks. Now the companies and the fed can try and twist these numbers however they want but year over year, when compared with a sh!t year, wont be anything to brag about. And to use quarter over quarter when one of those includes 9/11 and its aftermath is downright disingenuous.