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A New Jersey woman is and, she alleges, a Salomon
alleging that a Salomon Smith Barney broker re lieved the broker “would nomics team. Let me leave rate is much higher than
Smith Barney broker prom sponded. One thing led to never do anything to jeop it with this. the government is letting
ised to father her child if another — again. Page Six ardize their baby’s Last Friday's surpris OB — over 10 percent, if
site invested money with stuff — and, here’s the rub money.” ingly wea.k labor figures you count discouraged
him. The woman, lawa (if you don’t mind a pun), Brandel, who is looking should have finally con workers — and the econ
Brandd, claims the broker Brandel placed most of her for $1 million from Salo vinced you — as it did the omy isn’t growing as much
ended up costing her a money in the broker’s mon Smith Barney, does president — that we are as the government is pre
bundle without giving her hands. admit in the document that now going into a period tending, if you calculate
a bundle of joy. In her allegations against she lacked sophistication where the economy will inflation properly.
The complaint is going Salomon Smith Barney, and was naive. took bad, probably even My best economic
before a National Asscxaa- Brandel says she "believed Birt remember, t.here’s worse than it actually is. source, who wants to re
tion of Securities. Dealer’s that (the broker) would fa the “know your client” The 40,000 loss in jobs main anonymous, tells me.
arbitration' pane! tMs ther her child and by vir rule that every broker is in November and the that the next two shockers
week. The woman’s lawyer tue thereof sealed the trust obliged to follow, I guess huge, unexpected jump in will be a higher rate of in
would not talk to me. A Sa with (him) that was the this broker could argue the unemployment rate flation in December and
lomon spokesperson said, link to believing her finan that he was just trying to was in sharp contract with the big drop in fourth
“We take all client claims cial security was inr the know this client a little the impressive — and arti quarter GDP when it is an
seriously and handle them solid bands of SSB” and better. ficial — 4 percent growth nounced in late January.
appropriately.” the broker. Oh yes, I’m withholding in third-quarter 'gross do Washington allegedly
But I got a copy of the al “Indeed, (the broker) this guy’s name because I mestic product that the has a plan to stimuate the
► legation front tne lady her often told (Brandel) that feel a little sorry for him. government reported just economy with. .$506 billion
self and, well, it is unique,
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How appropriate: Give As I’ve said often before, going to> do? It'll raise the
48 years old and and she conservative investments John Snow the job of the economy is perform federal 1budget deficit to
tells the NASD that she so that her money would Treasury Secretary and ing a lot worse than the around $500 billion a year
has had some broken love grqtw and she and (the bro see if he can do a snow job government thinks and the (even if you use the gov
affairs and personal trage ker’.s) baby would live off on the public. slow expansion isn’t creat ernment’s jolly time ac
dies in the past few years the interest income,” I’m not going to waste a ing many new jobs. counting) and will rile the
that I’ve decided' belong according to the allegation. lot of time in this column This column has B; ssncial markets.
more on .Page Six than in The arbitration docu on the bloodletting among preached this sermon be a Pteasc send e-mail to:
this column. ment says Brandel be- President Bush’s eco- fore; the unemployment jerudeie@nypostcom
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