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To: Mark Adams who wrote (22521)	8/11/2002 1:32:08 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>On FDI- that money isn't as easily repatriated (IMO) as foreign holdings of stocks and bonds.<< correct, but mapping the totals to one single enterprise, investing 6 bucks to add 1 dollar to earnings is a far cry from what my parents told us about handling our pocket money (Forget the trailing zeroes) A sizeable chunk of the ... let's call it a problem, shall we ... is in T-bills and equities anyhow. >>When I hear FDI, I think in terms of Honda or Toyota building a car mfg plant (as if we need more of those)<< well, there's still the alternative of closing a couple of GM and Ford plants - who needs manufacturing anyhow, it' so ... 20th century (ng). About "strapped consumer" - I am just awed by J6P. >>sudden call for interest rates, the Fed Funds in particular, falling to 1% are correct<< you probably mean call like "I call your hand"? Not like "cry for"? That the subject crosses somebody's mind at all, smacks of "Hullo, Japan, it's Commodore Perry again..." to me. dj