. >> and you were successful in some way getting it reduced down -- not much -- >> very nomally. yes. >> if this item was approved today could you say what the future is for the property? >> this property would be secured for the crime lab and moving from hunter's point and surrounded by development as [inaudible] moving forward with that project and traffic investigations as part of the hall of justice moving out of that facility as approved in the general obligation bond. >> okay. colleagues i too have expressed an uncomfortable feeling around the $16 million price tag associated with this particular piece of property, but the reality is that finding 2 acres of pdr space is going to continue to be difficult to find, and i do believe that mr. updike has done his best in trying to negotiate the fair market value price. with that said dealing with the go bond makes it very complicated. meaning we go before the voters and see what we're going to do with this property requires us to honor that, but i can tell you as representing district 10 in the bay view that property owners see d

real yields are still not super low but the nomal yields have nose dived. where are we going from here? i think we're on a trajectory the u.s. economy still looking pretty positive for this year. the jobs story should be somewhat more positive but there are concerns ahead. the curve is starting to flatten. there's some wider international concerns out there. and i see the risk of potential slowdown just rising not necessarily this year but ahead. i see u.s. treasuries going 2.5% to 3% on the 10-year but for the first half of the year as global slowdown is likely to be to people's fore as the inflation story is likely to dominate, i can see nominal yields staying low. >> amy, you're good at gauging market sentiment. what is the feeling about that meeting with the european central bank on thursday? are they betting up or down or what is the expectation there? >> you know what surprises me bill, as you said earlier everyone is watching thee cb meeting, and, frankly, that's all they're doing, they're watching it. we're only pricing a plus or minus 2% move on th