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To: russwinter who wrote (8351)	2/20/2004 7:39:20 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

russ, keep in mind Japan exports to other USD peg'ed countries and then the devaluation of the JPY makes sense. Japan GDP grew 7% last quarter v. Europe below 2% annualized

To: russwinter who wrote (8351)	2/20/2004 9:02:19 AM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 110194

Rising energy costs boost U.S. consumer prices in Jan. Consumer prices rose a sharp 0.5 percent in January, the Labor Department reported Friday. This is the largest gain in the CPI since Feb. 2003. Over three-fourths of the increase in the consumer price index came from higher energy costs, which rose 4.7 percent. Excluding food and energy costs, the core CPI rose 0.2 percent in January. Over the past 12 months, the CPI has risen 1.9 percent. The core rate is up 1.1 percent. Economists were expecting the CPI to rise 0.3 percent and the core rate to rise 0.1 percent.

To: russwinter who wrote (8351)	2/20/2004 10:12:15 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 110194

Japan intervention indeed extreme, but to date they have lost just a modest portion of of the money put up to support the greenback.