Excerpt from:  Spread Betting North American Financial Markets
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May 04, 2007

Keep an Eye on U.S. Economic Data

Spread betting on U.S. markets
Even though the U.S. dollar has been struggling a bit, much of the economic data is acceptable, and delaying interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Spread bets and CFDs on U.S. markets should consider the following from Reuters:

"The market's been surprised by a bounce back and the resilience of U.S. data," said Adrian Hughes, currency strategist at Societe Generale.

"The door (for a rate cut) is ajar, not fully open. We have to take some data to walk through that door to go into a rate cut. We are still waiting in front of the door."


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