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To: Oblomov who wrote (9267)	3/3/2004 12:36:50 PM
From: re3	Respond to of 110194

<<<Nonetheless, it is the choice of households to divert INCOME (rather than capital gains) from consumption to savings, despite the accomodative stance of policymakers, that results in deflation. what concerns me (and my concern is increasing after reading some material on pension concerns) is that where there is no income or insufficient income >>> and -ng- on the fact that more and more people will end up in that boat : assets such as a home will be sold and the proceeds used for consumption, well, not consumption of luxuries and trips but to pay for NECESSITIES...this will not be a matter of a CHOICE but as a necessity...thus a lesser number of customers and more retailers competing to survive with lower and lower prices to help survive...