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Welcome to countdown. Im anna edwards. Just on 6 00 in london, bright and early, lets get to some of the latest market moves. The fed commentary driving that. Ive got a chart that shows where the dollar has been. In the red boxes, can see the effects from the hawkish commentary weve been getting from the fed. Ill draw your attention to the comments we had over the weekend from the fed vice chairman Stanley Fischer saying that economic goals are close to being met and the market readjusting once again. Little more chance of a fed rate hike perhaps being factored into the dollar. Lets bring up the risk radar and show you currency markets. 94. 89, ar index at lift of 0. 4 . The work function on bloomberg suggesting a 22 chance of a rate hike in september. Not much change versus friday. Weve got dollaryen in there as well. The yen under pressure. Further chance of easing being flagged by governor kuroda. He talks about a sufficient chance of more policy easing. He talked about not doing he