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Everyone knows that as soon as London closes tonight, the U.S. won't intervene.

The market, looking for a move down to 85 in the Michigan data, is maybe not pricing in the full risk of a significant slow-down...I think the dollar is vulnerable to a weaker number.

If there are no tax cuts (planned for the budget) then that may be used an argument to cut rates.

We'd like to see it at the next meeting on Nov. 30. Underlying inflation is moving higher and Europe's economy is still strong. We will have to see what happens in the next two weeks ? it may be the next rate hike is pushed into next year.

I don't think it's necessarily that bad if Denmark stays out. I don't think there will be a huge fallout in Danish markets.

I don't trust this rally as far as I could throw it. It maybe takes a while for investors to decide to ditch even more stocks and become even more cautious about corporate debt. I don't see what's happening here as a harbinger of recovery for the market.

Do we think it's going to happened? Not in the U.S., so then not in Europe, ... But then there's no evidence that the economy is going to show strong recovery either.

Inflation in the short-term could head lower than 1.5 percent, that would be at the lower end of the government's target range.

This talk of tax reform will come and go. But we need the economy looking brighter, otherwise putting action plans together is just fighting a losing battle.