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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Koukoulas clarifies: December rate cut is 95% certainty
Here are the big man's probabilities:
"Rate cut is almost a done - curious to see if it's 50. My odds now: Steady 5%; 25 cut 60%; 50 cut 34%; 75+ cut 1%. What's your call?"
