41.   Neither the Senate nor the president would index asset values for inflation, and neither would lower the capital gains tax rate for corporations.

42.   Nevertheless, billions of dollars worth of asset value were destroyed Monday in an irrational flight from equities based on fear.

43.   Nope, this is the deluxe model that combines falling economic activity, constantly shrinking asset values, and a seemingly endless credit crunch.

44.   Prices for goods and services have sharply fallen in Japan, feeding a cycle of rising credit risks and falling asset values, wages and salaries.

45.   Rogers would then provide Princeton Economics with the letter and the asset value dictated by Armstrong.

46.   She also said a spinoff would deprive asset value to bondholders.

47.   Taiwan stocks rose, led by Cathay Life Insurance Co. and other insurers, as local investors bet rising inflation will bolster their asset values.

48.   Such regulatory programs will change asset values.

49.   Still, Broaddus said he does not see a risk that a slowdown could bring on a prolonged decline in prices and asset values.

50.   That arrangement worked nicely as long as asset values in Asia rose year after year.