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Analysts pray for a Christmas gift: Dow over 10,000

AFP , NEW YORK

"While no one expects the Fed to hike rates this week, there is increasing talk that it will change its risk assessment, dropping its `promise' that `policy accommodation can be maintained for a considerable period,'" said Ethan Harris at Lehman Brothers.

"This could spark a considerable sell-off in the market as investors reassess the timing and the speed of expected rate hikes."

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