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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mama Bear who wrote (34256)	10/20/1998 5:26:00 PM
From: Michael Bakunin	Respond to of 132070

I have some cash in CHF. I feel better about the Franc than the dollar, but Switzerland has been doing a little pump-priming too, since unemployment started to hit historical highs (like 5%) a few years back. Joblessness is better now, but the sluices remain open. Swiss banks haven't been that much cleverer than ours, and to the Swiss, 4% unemployment is (as it should be) a crime that they continue to fight: baz.ch mb