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To: orkrious who wrote (31632)	5/3/2005 2:31:33 PM
From: gregor_us	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

The Fed Has Now Definitively Linked Spending Growth with Energy prices. If they had wanted to link Spending Growth to wages, interest rates, savings, or anything else--they did not. So what shall we conclude? That the Fed will either remain, or, move towards accomodation if energy prices stay high? I think they've stepped in a puddle here. Recent data suggest that the solid pace of spending growth has slowed somewhat, partly in response to the earlier increases in energy prices. LP