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Good morning. The dollar and long-term Treasury yields are holding steady, equity futures are pushing upward, and the Canadian dollar is inching forward. We see four primary factors driving currencies ahead of the North American open: Relative interest rate differentials are moving against the dollar after yesterday’s Federal Reserve minutes showed officials turning wary on raising rates too much. According to the record of the September policy meeting, “Participants generally judged that, with the stance of monetary policy in restrictive territory, risks to the achievement of the committee’s goals had become more two-sided,” with “all participants” agreed on the need...