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To: mishedlo who wrote (80597)	6/24/2008 9:18:08 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

<<Inflation in Asia, especially China is helping mask deflation in the US, especially when it comes to prices of commodities>> as earlier case when monetary credit (asian financial crisis) and price (china/india manufacturing/services) deflation in asia was masking usa monetary inflation, we must figure. globalization is fun ;0) am also figuring that as congress slaps on new rules on the markets for energy and such, raising margin, limting positions, beheading speculators, chopping of hands of money managers, the entire usa hoarding community will move off-shore and join hands with freedom-minded comrades positioned in capitalist hong kong and obscure macau and antiseptic singapore. bullish :0)

To: mishedlo who wrote (80597)	6/24/2008 10:27:23 PM
From: Nihontochicken	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

So therefore The $USDollar is not rapidly becoming "dung" as are the Vietnamese dong (?) and Chinese renminbi, despite the 6%/yr rate of increase here in M2 and 16% in M3? NC

To: mishedlo who wrote (80597)	6/25/2008 9:34:08 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Paulson views conflict with Greenspan's: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Tuesday the U.S. economy was on the brink of a recession, with the chances of that happening at more than 50 percent. The U.S. economy has been hit by a credit crisis which began in the sub-prime mortgage market, prompting a series of interest rate cuts to help boost the economy. But price pressures are growing, making more rate cuts unlikely. Asked if the U.S. economy was in recession, Greenspan said: "We are on the brink." A quick recovery was unlikely, he said via video link to a conference in Johannesburg. "A rebound at this stage is not something I think is in the immediate outlook," he said. reuters.com Paulson said on Tuesday that the global economy was being strained by costly energy but said U.S. economic fundamentals were sound. In an interview on Mexican television, Paulson said he thought that most of the slump in U.S. housing prices would be over by year-end and that growth should be stronger by then reuters.com