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

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (53925)	3/30/1999 10:00:00 AM
From: Alias Shrugged	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike Besides the bond market choking on the giant T issue, have read plenty over the past week about many other players coming to market, especially Mexico (who are trying to issue "longer term" paper in the 9-12 mo maturity-g?g), Venezuela, Brazil, etc.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (53925)	3/30/1999 11:45:00 AM
From: Kailash	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Interest rates - "Federal Reserve policy will be tested once three month Treasury Bill rates exceed the Fed Funds rate. At that point the Federal Reserve would have to inundate the banking system with reserves to maintain the lower inter-bank rate, a highly inflationary operation." gold-eagle.com Could someone comment on this? What is the current 3-mo T-bill and could a rise here force the Fed's hand? Kailash