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To: tejek who wrote (260547)	7/13/2010 9:16:14 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

>> Investors are showing a bigger appetite to fund a range of securities<< sorry, that is a small part of the overall economy - and it is hyper funded by ~0% interest rates from the fed. the charts i showed reflect fed data that they would rather not highlight - but are true. national credit continues to contract in spite of a $1.6 trillion in deficits. when they are forced to stop the deficit spending, the house of cards OBVIOUSLY collapses.

To: tejek who wrote (260547)	7/13/2010 9:42:44 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

They say that, but their own numbers tell differently. C&I lending remains in the tank (bottom of this page): research.stlouisfed.org The Fed knows they're out of bullets, so it's happy talk from them now for an "extended period". Lastly, if we're headed into an expansion, why is the Baltic Dry Index completely tanking? I can think of lots of explanations for this, but none of them start off with "The economic production of the globe is expanding so fast that...."