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This is Bloomberg surveillance. You can't take fiscal policy out of the political process.

It is the political process and essentially it's gridlocked in most countries.

The massive flows out of active and into passive have, I think, created more irrational pricing at the stock level than we've seen in some time.

This is the end of the oil age in the 21st century.

So the 20th century is the age of oil. The 21st will be the age of electricity.

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Good morning, I'm Michael McKee, along with Tom Keene.

It is 7 a.m. on Wall Street, 7 p.m. in Tokyo, where overnight nothing happened.

And that is news, the Bank of Japan decides to stand Pat adds no new stimulus and that is disappointing investors worldwide today.

The no monetary fix DTS sending the Nikk down 7 10th

a hangover that has continued in the Europe in the US.

Stock 600 right now down by 3.5% 3.5 points rather that is 1% on the day

the Dax is off by 50 points that is half a percent the euro is down from

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