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To: loantech who wrote (10222)	8/6/2004 9:27:50 AM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

<Mish why would they do the big lie then instead of now?> They are increasingly desperate to maintain the credit bubble, and get the confused cognoscenti to go out and buy inflation ravaged bonds again, as part of their weak economy playbook.

To: loantech who wrote (10222)	8/6/2004 10:23:26 AM
From: sciAticA errAticA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

re: why would they do the big lie then instead of now In my view it's an error to perceive these numbers as credible - simply due to their convergence with what appears to be reality... The Fed is still busily manipulating events - and indicators remain a tool to shape perceptions - not an accurate indicator of conditions on the ground (except as coincidence). The salient question, in my view, is what the Fed hopes to engineer with the "surprise"?