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To: MythMan who wrote (349931)	11/29/2007 9:38:04 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 436258

Got global Weimarization? This is fast, tracks the dow well <g> en.wikipedia.org Governments will often try to disguise the true rate of inflation through a variety of techniques. These can include the following: 1) Outright lying as to official statistics such as money supply, inflation or reserves. 2) Suppression of publication of money supply statistics, or inflation indices. 3) Price and wage controls. 4) Forced savings schemes, designed to suck up excess liquidity. These savings schemes may be described as pensions schemes, emergency funds, war funds, or similar. 5) Adjusting the components of the Consumer Price Index, to remove those items whose prices are rising the fastest