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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (14750)	5/31/2004 2:41:07 PM
From: Peter Joseph	Respond to of 110194

Parallels to the situation in current day USA with that in Saudi Arabia: "But replacing these workers with Saudi nationals has proven more difficult. Employers are unwilling to pay higher wages and it is unclear whether Saudis, accustomed to relative wealth and comforts, will be willing to take the lower paying jobs in domestic service or construction that are currently held almost exclusively by foreign workers." Pray, while you were at the Barbecue, who mowed your lawn today? <g>

To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (14750)	6/3/2004 10:45:14 AM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Significant item out of Japan! Hardly mentioned anywhere. Fed is huffing and puffing to plug the gap, did a cluster of four permanent injections recently: 5-12 1.692b 5-24 783m 5-26 796m 6-2 1.4 b ny.frb.org High levels of overnight activity until the last few days: bullandbearwise.com Last five weeks Fed debt monetization is $5.241 billion, about twice last year's avg pace. The Japan Times: June 1, 2004 No currency intervention in May Japan did not intervene in foreign exchange markets in May, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The announcement confirmed speculation that the ministry stepped away from yen-weakening operations as the dollar remained firm against the yen. The ministry, which releases monthly data on currency market interventions, said it did not carry out such operations between April 28 and May 27, extending the intervention-free period that began March 17. Japan used more than 35 trillion yen in the 15 months beginning in January 2003 to stem a sharp rise in the yen, which hurts the nation's exports, the main engine of the recovery.