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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4071)	3/10/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81023

There are several things on my mind so i am going to just let them roll. In other words trying to use all minds to fill in blanks Japans banks write off loans These are to be repaid to the government so not write off dates are allocated ranging up to twelve years form the ones i have read so far. When you buy up a loan usually lucrative because of reduced rate of purchase. Hope that a somepoint the economy turns so the risk is minor. Here we have no potential of return debt shifted. Clips from Japanese newspapers Combined capital investments by Japanese firms in the October-December period fell 18.7 percent from a year earlier, the worst drop seen since the same quarter of 1962, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. This fact does not state recovery. Y2k summary We don't have a great deal of information about the state of readiness of those countries, but the anecdotal information we have would indicate that they are, in most cases, well behind the United States in their preparations,'' the Fed governor said. He added that it was difficult to predict the effects of emerging markets' lack of preparedness. This extrapolated could mean more funds flowing to US market It is frightening only because it is funds flowing to what is perceived safety not actual generated growth. Us could be got in bonds that are in high demand or a market that loses complete concept of PE base. This could contribute to yet more problems in Asia .and world deflation due to excess production as they try to stimulate. I am beginning to feel global intigration I guess I could say does not take into consideration populous so we are under populated here in comparison to Asia and the long range thought of export to improve internal is an illusionary hope. . As the United States continues to pressure Japan to comply with its macroeconomic strategy, it is becoming more difficult to use the word "friction," which gives the impression that the two countries are negotiating as equals. What Washington is actually engaged in is not so much intervention as colonialism. So did Britain.