Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 00:01 07/02/97 -0800,Ben Holmes wrote: >Leica's prices have exceeded the inflation of the US economy by about 1.45% per year. --- May I suggest that, rather than inflation, the US dollar value has fallen in relation to the DGR currency and the problem is not so much Leica's greed or whatever but the US's fiscal & monetary policy. I realise that Ben drew no implications from his statement just the facts in terms of US inflation. Five lenses: 21mm Zeiss Biogen 24mm Nikon AI 50mm Elmar ( not because its a great lens but because if fits in the pocket with an FIII) 105mm Nikon AI'd 150mm Zeiss Sonnar (Hasselblad) Doug ************************************* ************************************* .Dr. Douglas McLernon, Department of Economics,,Trinity College ,Dublin 2. IRELAND TEL:353 1 6081325, FAX 353 1 6772503 Home: 20 Claremont Road, Dublin 4. IRELAND TEL or FAX: 353 1 6604754, MOBILE: 353 87 545880 Personal E-mail:<dmcl@iol.ie>