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To: Les H who wrote (24373)	10/7/2004 5:17:45 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 306849

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To: Les H who wrote (24373)	10/7/2004 6:07:35 PM
From: TARADO96	Respond to of 306849

If oil continues and stay on rising path, and the feds insist on raising rates, they will send this economy back into recession. Save some cash for the bargains! J.

To: Les H who wrote (24373)	10/9/2004 11:06:31 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

Les, RE: "Higher oil prices will do the job for the Fed ...Where do they get these clods for economists? Why not high meat prices?" Hilarious. Why don't they 'subsidize' oil prices, by giving people interest-free loans to buy gasoline. Just like the govt does for the real estate bubble. Not only will it help oil prices increase even further (we do need another bubble of some type), but it will be a "productive use" of this country's assets. Debt is good, more debt is even better. And while we're at it, they also could eliminate any taxes on dividends earned from oil investments - just to help give the oil industry an extra special nudge up. Regards, Amy J

To: Les H who wrote (24373)	10/9/2004 10:50:22 PM
From: Mike Johnston	Respond to of 306849

It is not that high oil prices will do the job for the Fed, we have high oil prices because the Fed is not doing its job. The Fed has printed too much money. The oil market is sending a signal, raise rates now. If the Fed will not tighten, that in turn will fuel even more inflation and higher oil price. That is because the demand for new money at artificially low rate of 1.75 % will increase as inflation increases, the Fed will have to meet that demand by printing more money, which in turn will cause inflation to go even higher still, which will increase the demand for money at this rate even more, etc. etc.