well ctindale, its a grave picture you paint, would have thought the timing would be more like next year due to the election this year in the US. Traditionally in an election year the DIJA went up, and I know the fed is furiously trying to rig this result. It may be that the fed fails, or that bush creates a crisis for him to fix and turns attentions elsewhere, we shall see, I suppose in the meantime we can hope for the best and prepare for the worst, LOL.