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Daily Market Update 8/11/09

Mortgage rates eased Tuesday as mortgage-backed securities extended yesterday’s rally. In economic news, second quarter Productivity increased 6.4%, well above forecast. Many companies have scaled back employees as much as possible in the current downturn, and productivity gains appear to reflected this. Stocks moved lower. Attention will now turn to this afternoon’s Treasury auction at 1:00 PM et.

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