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To: Alex who wrote (9602)	4/8/1998 7:49:00 PM
From: Abner Hosmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 117072

Hi Alex - Was impressed with the way gold finished today. More on Japan: INTERVIEW-U.S. very worried about Japan, Yellen says biz.yahoo.com >>Yellen said the scope for monetary policy had clearly been exhausted in Japan and that the administration was looking for Tokyo to announce strong fiscal measures -- in particular tax cuts -- to revive the economy which she said was ''in danger of serious deflation''.

To: Alex who wrote (9602)	4/8/1998 7:56:00 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 117072

A--Also figure in the break-down of the tobacco deal. The prez of Phillip Morris is not gonna roll over. It is getting to be gut-check time for the USD. Explains the yen gain, IMO. Next may be AU.

To: Alex who wrote (9602)	4/8/1998 7:57:00 PM
From: Abner Hosmer	Respond to of 117072

OECD data. WSJ did a story a year or so back on the deficits facing the Japanese National Railway system. The size of the problem apparently rivals that of the banks, maybe worse. Other than that, most of the OECD looks pretty good. TABLE-OECD real GDP by nation biz.yahoo.com TABLE-OECD GDP deflators biz.yahoo.com TABLE-OECD general government structural balances biz.yahoo.com >>*** The 1998 deficit would rise by 5.2 percentage points if account were taken of the expected assumption by the general government ofthe accumulated deficits of the Japan National Railway Settlement Corporation and the National Forest service.<< TABLE-OECD current account balances biz.yahoo.com TABLE-OECD general government financial balances biz.yahoo.com