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To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (14135)	7/6/1998 10:57:00 AM
From: Little Joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

MSB: I don't know about food in California. But I was in San Diego recently and I do understand that Real Estate is booming. In Maryland where I live, it is creeping up in value in California, I understand the gains are in some case double digit in a month. There is a saying that California leads the nation and I think housing is the best indicator of inflation. There are a lot of arguments for the deflationary scenario, but the situation in California is an argument for the inflationary scenario. Live long and prosper, Little joe

To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (14135)	7/6/1998 1:45:00 PM
From: J.L. Turner	Respond to of 116764

MSB, Many of the price changes are hidden by packaging changes.16 oz.bags of potato chips are now 14 oz. and Cambell soups previously selling in 16 oz. cans are now purchased in 11 oz. cans.I guess reducing the quantity purchased doesn't matter to our government statisticians.

To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (14135)	7/6/1998 9:26:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116764

Fast to save country money, says leader By Alex Spillius, South East Asia Correspondent telegraph.co.uk PRESIDENT B J Habibie has astounded Indonesians by calling on them to fast two days a week to save the nearly bankrupt country money on rice imports. At a commemoration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed, Mr Habibie said his Islamic compatriots should follow the Prophet's example and improve "blood circulation and the mind" by fasting on Mondays and Thursdays. He said: "If families fast, the Indonesian people's devoutness to God will improve for more effective and efficient work." But according to official estimates, 40 per cent of the 202 million population are below the poverty line, and are unable to afford food for sufficient diet. The financial crisis, which has already put Indonesia back 20 years, is predicted to worsen. Rice, the staple diet, is all many of the poor can afford, even though its cost has risen by 50 per cent since the economy began to collapse. Mr Habibie has now calculated that as each person eats an average 200 grams of rice a day, then if 150 million fasted two days a week, three million tonnes of rice would be saved in a year - the same amount Indonesia has to import in 1998. Sear