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I think commodity producers and the drop in commodity prices is the core story to watch when you think about US exports.

Empirical evidence shows that the gold market tends to weaken going into a fed rate rise,

but then rally for the next 120 trading days.

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shocks with a rate reduction and a rather cautious view forward.

We'll talk to Paul Blocksome of H.S.B of HSBC here in a moment.

Futures in negative 14 Dow Futures, negative 111.

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