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Not a lot of numbers out this morning just ahead of the Fed rate decision but we do have the

advanced trade balance relatively new number.

The Commerce Department now puts out a monthly trade figure that will add up, they hope to the

quarterly numbers they will be adjusted.

And it comes in much smaller than forecast.

The trade deficit was forecast to be virtually unchanged at a negative 62.8 billion dollars for March.

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