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To: KyrosL who wrote (85754)	8/30/2007 9:33:03 PM
From: Yulya	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

The numbers in the report below show significant growth over the past 7 years in Japan. Both Europe and the U.S. use consumer spending as a gauge as to the health of their economies. Japan crushes spending by consumers in order to make things look bad while disclosing great numbers for export trade statistics. A real brutal system that works. The Japanese game is to make the currency weak, the FOREX reserves super-strong and to thwart all free trade coming in as much as possible. In just one year, from 2006 to 2007, the corporate index has gone up 2.9%. Since 2002, it has gone up 8.2%. But inflation has been negative to barely 0.2%. This model is working for Japan elites, politicians and industrialists. A model soon to be emulated here in the U.S.? boj.or.jp Car sales have fallen in Japan in the last five years as Japan continues selling record numbers of cars to the rest of the world. The Bank of Japan has helped fund a worldwide housing boom, except, of course, in Japan. More unemployed showing up in the streets: asahi.com Latest retail stats are down: (Tough to explain when interest rates are less than one percent} tinyurl.com