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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (355931)2/7/2003 4:19:57 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Business investment is weak. High oil and gas prices are a drag on the economy. Uncertainty about Iraq is also a drag on the economy. I don't expect the boomer generation who are beginning to plan for retirement to go on a spending binge. Construction is helped by low interest rates but how long can that continue?