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To: PaulM who wrote (29803)	3/12/1999 3:43:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

<<P.S. One thing that strikes me: all the fudge-able data coming from the government--CPI, GDP, Unemployment--looks very good by historical standards, while all the relatively objective data--the number unemployment claims filed, the number of bankruptcies filed, the number of layoffs reported, profits of publicly traded companies etc.--looks moderate to crappy by historical standards.>> OK, here you've got two number sets here going on 1. "fudge-able numbers - have agreed these numbers smelled somehow "funny" but wondered if they would "stroke" these numbers why would the not mess with the import / expert side of the numbers so, jsut can't come to odds with this part. But know, Manfacturing, mining, and most Ag. are very near dead. 2. second group are what fall into what AG likes to call "constructive destruction" or some such turn phrase. Meaning that as long as there is a certain level of demand much of this gets rolled over quickly into growth. you know a resturant fails some one moves in & buys up inventory & land & people at near the price these "items" are worth. Problems here is, we are letting lie fallow the best farm land on earth, not recycling all natural resources as well as possible, Not using the people resources in the most overall productive manner, and allowing mine and farm machinery to rust away it's productive life unused. We have become a throw it away society Vs a fix it & use it up society. 2.

To: PaulM who wrote (29803)	3/12/1999 5:13:00 AM
From: Bobby Yellin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Hi Paul I heard that there were over five million daytraders..wonder if that is part of the job creation this administration is talking about :-) I do find it totally terrifying after reading about how much LTCM controlled and how little it held.. I am certain Rubin knows the monster he has helped to create in order to get our economy back on track. The news release richard found strongly suggests it washingtonpost.com )..a market creating an economy and a market turning into a metaphorical gun pointed at Greenspan's temple..(I still don't think Greenspan has a clue..he also appears to be a superior blocker) It looks as if interest rates will come down again to head off implosion?