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Handelsblatt Live: US stock market expert Koch: Likelihood of an interest rate hike has decreased

The FedWatch tool shows a roughly 50-percent probability of a rate hike in September. "A few days ago, we were at over 70 percent," says Markus Koch. The stock market expert explains which economic data is important in the video.

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