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To: ild who wrote (259743)	9/10/2003 1:20:47 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

No posts for 25 minutes. Where is everybody? In fact I like it. Usually this board is very busy on down days like today. I guess everyone thinking if they were right when they covered all shorts last Friday.

To: ild who wrote (259743)	9/10/2003 1:22:14 PM
From: Roads End	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

ild, shouldn't CI have also pointed out that without rising wages corporate debt could be more easily serviced?

To: ild who wrote (259743)	9/11/2003 5:35:48 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I'd rather refrain from using words "inflation" and "deflation" altogether. They are just too confusing because everyone has a contradictory opinion on what they mean. I don't know who you've been hanging out with, but no, not really. "Inflation", as in CPI or PPI inflation, is a number. That number is calculated in a certain way. That calculation is done with the prices of selected goods and services. I cannot think of any possible way to define CPI and PPI inflation so that your comment "Rising prices without rising wages is not inflationary" can be true. Anyway, if you are thinking of something else, maybe you'd like to refrain from using the term "inflation", because that confuses those of us who are a little familiar with its calculation.