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Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries

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To: Ilaine who wrote (5353)6/26/2001 9:52:01 AM
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>>Dollar seen weakening if Fed eases policy
By Jennifer Hughes in London
Published: June 26 2001 11:58GMT | Last Updated: June 26 2001 12:49GMT

Currency markets look set to take the dollar lower
against the euro and sterling if the Federal Reserve, as
expected, lowers US interest rates further when it
concludes its meeting on Wednesday.

The Fed, which has cut rates five times this year by a
total of 250 basis points, begins its two-day meeting on
Tuesday and the expectations are for an easing of at
least 25 basis points.

"It looks biased to the downside for the dollar whatever happens," said Chris
Furness, senior currencies strategist at 4cast consultancy in London. "Most
people seem to think the euro is going to firm." <<

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