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To: russwinter who wrote (8460)	2/22/2004 9:36:00 PM
From: russwinter	Respond to of 110194

<There is absolutely no sign of ANY slowdown.> Nothing but red, day after day. metalprices.com No let up whatsoever: quote.bloomberg.com <Inventories are low> btmna.com btmna.com

To: russwinter who wrote (8460)	2/22/2004 10:06:05 PM
From: Condor	Respond to of 110194

Nor will resolation of the Sudbury nickel strike. In case you hsven't heard, that FL strike has been settled today. (ratified) C

To: russwinter who wrote (8460)	2/22/2004 11:58:15 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

If you were really reading the posts on inflation here, you wouldn't be asking that question. That's what I would characterize as the diminishment school of debate, i.e: just ignore the important points of your opponent's case. Even so, "commodities" should not be so summarily dismissed, but there are other important ingrediants to this inflation. I (and others) have been illustrating numerous examples of intermediate goods and even service inflation. I have read every post on this board since its inception. In the best of my knowlege I have not seen a post that said what % of finished goods were commodities. I believe labor is the most important cost. Perhaps I am wrong. At any rate show me a link that shows for cars or some other big ticket item, what % is labor and what % is steel, copper and other commodities that go into it. If you can not do it, then I would characterize your posts as "the diminishment school of debate". If you can show me a post here that shows labor cost of cars vs commodity input prices then accept my apology. Here is one such article that addresses the issue but I do not see the final result I am looking for. But take a gander at the labor costs! gerpisa.univ-evry.fr I doubt the price of copper even shows up. Steel would but how much? Mish