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Market hedges Fed interest rate bets

By Krishna Guha in Washington

Published: August 6 2008 19:59 | Last updated: August 6 2008 19:59

The futures market is at odds with Wall Street economists over the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates this year.

An overwhelming majority of private sector economists thinks the Fed will not raise this year, in spite of its tough talk on inflation.

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