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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (179)	12/26/1997 10:44:00 PM
From: Cynic 2005	Respond to of 9980

Jack, I will get back to your note later. But, keep in mind that my understanding of CURRENtCY and economics is rather limited. Hopefully Sankar can give you a better answer. -Mohan

To: Jack Clarke who wrote (179)	12/28/1997 6:07:00 PM
From: Rational	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Jack: Under the veneer of your reasonable description of the state of malaise is a very important point: The American (net) spending as opposed to the Asian (net) saving habit. American consumers have borrowed heavily due to cheap credit and easy lending guidelines (125% LTV home equity loans). Like the Korean chaebols got easy credit to "invest," American consumers are at the peak of their leverage (ever) that is priming the American miracle currently. A turning point as I see (exclude Japan here): Asian assets become dirt cheap and the governments adopt as liberal policies as in S Korea. Then, the Asian hoarders will sell their US holdings (Treasuries and stock), US$ interest rate will rise and stock prices will fall. Sankar