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To: Sully- who wrote (48984)3/26/2002 12:27:48 PM
From: Jim Willie CB  Respond to of 65232
 
not much will mitigate a sliding USDollar
and I expect the Euro to be the beneficiary

check trade deficit path contrasted against USdollar path
our economical bubble financed the trade deficit
the trade deficit is about triple 1990 level

we have never had a declining dollar since the trade deficit mushroomed
it will import inflation in a big big way
my best guess is by autumn 2002 the trends begins to reverse

inflation will have several sources by next year
in 1999 the moron pundits repealed the business cycle
in 2001 the moron pundits repealed the currency cycle

they got everything wrong
we are in the midst of a STRUCTURAL CYCLE shift
not a BUSINESS CYCLE shift due to inventory imbalances

the structure is all f*cked up, loaded to gills with debt
by the way, the entire concept of the USDollar is itself a debt, a promissory note, backed by a word
the trouble is, I am UNSURE what is promised in return
??? it is good for a gallon of milk, pair of car tires
but the cost of milk and tires might go up 10% each year


Greenspan and his Dept of Inflation are backed in a corner
they doubled the money supply during his outrageously irresponsible tenure
now stocks deflated, debt imploded
but the dollar bubble is alive, the bond bubble is linked to the dollar bubble,
and a new real estate bubble has been created

it all comes apart when the dollar slides backwards
that imho is the objective of the next AlQaeda mission
to smash the dollar
/ jim