To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (16246 ) 7/7/2004 12:58:56 AM From: Jim Willie CB Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 110194 measured US$ devaluation is very possible but only in a steady move to crisis which will produce a certain blowoff in the numbers this makes absolutely no senseAs must (most) widgets are manufactured by machines and for example it takes about the same amount of time to assemble a big car as it takes a small car this will lower imports of various widgets and the trade deficit will move lower. totally offbase comment in the next 2-3 years, a dozen US carmaker plants will close as agreed upon with United Auto Worker union you continue to focus on the one car's production stats AND MISS THAT THE ENTIRE PLANT WILL CLOSE SOON I seriously wonder what planet you live on <G> sorry, but you are studying the tone of the nice music AND YOU MISS THE ENTIRE PARADE HEADING OUT OF TOWN in the last six months, US auto makers have lost another 1-2% in market share to Japan the numbskull US automakers chose to build SUV's for higher unit price and profit and ignored all warnings of higher future energy costs US appliance makers have announced migration to Mexico and China do you even live inside the USA? how do you miss such structural change evidence? what on earth makes this fixable? damn, Haim, I know you are bright but you continue to make irrelevant comments AND CONTINUE TO MISS THE PARADE HEADING OUT OF TOWNWE HAVE A MASSIVE STAGGGGERING STRUCTURAL FUCHUP SHIFT AWAY FROM MFG AND TOWARD RETAIL CONSUMPTION, WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN CONTINUED LARGE TRADE GAPS MASSIVE MASSIVE STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE !!! why would needing calm produce calm? we will continue to abuse the world reserve currency, aka the petrodollar, until a crisis forces us to become more responsible and return our mfg base to home base if not, then the market will give us a "time out" otherwise known as a depression address structural change or stop replying if you persist, I will only get more weird on you it has been a tough couple months, and a foreign sounding name is always an easy target for a jingoist bastard like me <G> / jim