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To: isopatch who wrote (28076)2/13/2003 9:08:13 AM
From: Jim Willie CB  Respond to of 36161
 
sports club guy not only thought Clinton taxes rescued economy
but he thought debts now can be handled just as easily as from 20 yrs ago, and 10 yrs ago

we agreed on the need to reflate the economy now
but he thought it would be relatively easy

so I cited a couple stats...
76% of GDP is devoted to debt service
$4.5 trillion in new money supply since 1995 has generated an additional $1T in GDP
household debt is now almost 110% of income
he said he didnt believe the figures
so I dont argue when people are uninformed and dont believe

yes, I recall the Sumitomo deal with JPMorgan
didnt think much about it at the time, but it was critical
I dont exactly know where they came up with the money either
not all Japanese banks are dead, but collectively, they sure are

/ jim