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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (6108)	9/11/2002 1:35:05 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

this is the big misconception now The greenback drew strength in the last couple of sessions from recent firmness in U.S. share prices and a growing belief that the U.S. economy may be in better shape than those of Europe and Japan. condition of the economy runs a distant second to national balance sheet our federal budget is way out of balance our trade current account is way out of balance Europe runs a trade surplus Europe has more austere Maastricht federal spending dictates Japan is a cadaver under foot as far as spending budget, trade debt, leadership confidence, corporate integrity, the USA is last on the list and that is what drives the currency / jim