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The ASX200 is set to start the week with a rally, adding about half a per cent after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell confirmed there’d be interest rate cuts, and, the threat of war in the Middle East subsided. Powell’s stance at the annual Jackson Hole event all but secures a September cut – the question remains as to by how much. US markets rallied on that news on Friday: The Nasdaq rising 1.4%, and the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones, by 1.1%. Back home, earnings reporting continues: Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) is paying a 63c dividend – which is 2 cents higher this year after reportin…

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