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Strategies & Market Trends : Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mishedlo who wrote (15437)	11/10/2004 5:19:47 PM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

<Fed signals December rate hike> I'm sure the MoP branch of the Fed will strut around like bantam roosters, trying to milk this next rate hike for all it's worth. Will the USD collapse (with associated price spikes) while they fiddle is the question?

To: mishedlo who wrote (15437)	11/11/2004 4:23:57 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 116555

FED TEXT - ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES [Sorry about the capital letters] THIS TIME: "OUTPUT APPEARS TO BE GROWING AT A MODERATE PACE DESPITE RISE IN ENERGY PRICES" VS "OUTPUT GROWTH APPEARS TO HAVE REGAINED SOME TRACTION" LAST THIS TIME: "LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED" VS "LABOUR MKT CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MODESTLY " LAST TIME THIS TIME: "INFL AND LONGER TERM INFL EXPECTATIONS REMAIN WELL CONTAINED" VS "INFL AND INFLATION EXPECTATIONS HAVE EASED IN RECENT MTHS" SO OVERALL VERY MINOR AND SUBTLE DIFFERENCES...DEC RATE HIKE WILL BE VERY MUCH DATA DEPENDENT AND "MEASURED PACE" SET TO CONTINUE.