Re: more on the implosionary world economy

2001-08-24 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
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more on the implosionary world economy

2001-08-24 Thread Jim Devine
The Economist/August 25, 2001 EDITORIALS Get a parachute FOR the seventh time this year, America's Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, this time by a quarter-point to 3.5%, leaving the federal-funds rate a full three percentage points lower than at the start of 2001. Americans hope that