U.S. stocks look set to rise at the start of Friday trade, with Wall Street hopeful that the Federal Reserve will take aggressive action to stamp out signs of stress in the economy. Markets were buoyant even as the Fed attempted to moderate dovish comments made yesterday by the New York Fed president.
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