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To: John Vosilla who wrote (87945)	10/25/2007 11:30:54 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

That's interesting... There is a lot of bitching up here that we are not reaping the benefits of the strong Loonie... Cheaper to go south to buy cars, clothes etc.. and I'm not talking about evading any taxes upon return.. Just better pricing.. So in effect we are not really any richer despite the loonie's rise from .62 ?? to 1.03... unless we shop in the US.. blackie

To: John Vosilla who wrote (87945)	10/26/2007 1:46:05 AM
From: bart13	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I wonder what your household wealth adjusted CPI chart also adjusted for changes in the dollar would look like? Uglier for sure... and I frankly don't know of any reliable and reasonably provable way to avoid double counting if I just add the effects together. Plus, the dollar index values only go back to 1971 or so and I haven't located much full historical data on conversion values before then. And then there's the matter of which dollar index to use too - the USDX, trade weighted major currencies, OITP, or trade weighted broad currencies.