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To: BWAC who wrote (30646)	5/24/2006 5:09:46 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 95581

I agree with you on when the pause first should have occurred. A year before any adjustments is a long time however. This is what i wrote on another thread addressing this. I know you think its too late. Hope you are wrong and even if you are right, increases need to stop if only to prevent the recession from being severe. What really interests me here is that this decline was accellerated by the fact that bernanke keeps saying he is looking at data. Of course the data he is looking at is reporting about things past and not necessarily tell us too much about the future. Now it would be stupid to believe that bernanke doesnt know this. Now back to the past with his Maria interview where he said the market understood him about the pause. He has foresworn any more interviews of this type that might affect markets so we wont hear from him but one has to believe that the market has it all wrong again and bernanke wont be leaking to the press. Now if i am right and the pause is coming, hopefully in June, the markets will begin to figure it out between now and then. The end june meeting takes on even more significance now because now the negative wealth affect of interest rates on the market now has an ailing stock market that will continue to get worse if rates appear to be going up forever. That will surely turn a slowdown into a recession and BB has to know this. If not Wahz, please give him a call.

To: BWAC who wrote (30646)	5/24/2006 5:49:20 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95581

I must admit though, I have seen price increases in things I use. Although I do not think the inflationary pressures will be anything close to what they have been in the past, with a) the advent of the internet and b) China/India as our manufacturers of many goods, they do still exist. Just last night I went to buy a 4 pack of Gilette Mach 3 razors, and the price had risen well over a dollar(now costs over $10 with tax for a box of 4!). So now instead of getting $40 or $50 a year from me for razors, their $1+ price increase means they will not be getting a penny from me as I will be switching to another brand. Wonder who these marketing geniuses are!