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  • What to watch: This one turns on a concrete figure (80%); set it against the recent trend before reading it as a turning point.
  • Timing: It landed while New York was open, so any reaction would show up in the same session.
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MarketWatch published it, and Wook filed it under Markets. No strongly worded term either way, so it reads neutral at low severity — a factual headline rather than a charged one. No company could be matched, so there are no prices beside it — common for policy and macro stories, which move markets through rates, currencies and sentiment rather than one balance sheet. It carried 80%, shown as published and not recalculated. The preview above is the publisher's own wording. MarketWatch usually keeps its full text behind a paywall.

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