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And U.S. Stock Index futures are higher with equities on track to extend their longest

weekly winning streak since November as

gains in crude oil signal further advances in commodity shares. We check the

markets every 15 minutes throughout the trading day on Bloomberg.

S&P E. E. Mee Many Futures up three points, Dowie Many. P. E. M. F. E. M. E. M. M. E. M. M. F. M. F. E. M. F. M. F. M. E. M. F. M. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. M. M. F. M. M. F. M. M. M. F. M. F. M. M. F. Nimex crude oil up 1.4 percent or 56 cents to $40.76 a barrel.

Comex gold down 9 tenths percent or $11.70 to 1253.30 an ounce.

The euro, a dollar 1279, the yen 111.53. That's a

Bloomberg business flash. Tom and Mike.

Karamazco, thank you very much. What we've been talking about all day long, the state of inflation in the United States,

the fact that we're seeing some stirring of inflation in the core rate, at least, of CPI. We'll wait and see what the PCE shows us.

One area it is also showing up is in inflation expectations on Wall Street break-evens have really soared in the last couple of weeks, which in theory should make Martin Hagerty's job easier.

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