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• AUD/USD drops to 0.7138, its lowest level since September 2
• U.S. dollar stronger on hawkish shift in Fed expectations
• Growing consensus Fed to raise rates this week, and again in December
• Ahead of Fed meeting, Trump says U.S. should have world's lowest interest rate
• 0.7122 (Sept 2 low) and 0.7100 are AUD/USD support points
• CFTC data: net AUD short shrank by 11% to 34,870 contracts
in week to Sept 8
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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)