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To: prosperous who wrote (33009)4/12/2008 10:43:51 PM
From: TobagoJack  Respond to of 217739
 
vicious feedback loop, less spending, reduced leverage, cratering ability to spend, declining inclination to spend, consequential income reduction, rolling into constricted enthusiasm to lend, and so lessening spending even more

the exciting aspect is that the poison of cheap money must be held high as a cure

this is one of many sorry ways to destroy the bulls who zig, and the bears who zag, again, once more, thrice over, and just one more time

a spectacle of blood arena

in hk we have concerns at higher income levels, though not yet recognition at lower down the scale, i feel



To: prosperous who wrote (33009)4/13/2008 12:40:55 AM
From: energyplay  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217739
 
In the US, here is often a short term dip in stocks and retail activity between early April and early May because of computation of income taxes and the payment of income taxes, which tends to deplete cash.

It doesn't seem to have much particular long term significance.

Checking consumer spending around mid-May can be a good indicator, however.