Friday preview: Bernanke, bwin.party, Marshalls

The big event on Friday is set to be the speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the central banker's economic symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The big event on Friday is set to be the speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the central banker's economic symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The market has been in a state of virtual paralysis this week ahead of the statement and there is a danger that, unless Bernanke breaks with previous form and announces concrete policy decisions, there will be a sense of anti-climax.

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