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Stocks slip as caution reigns ahead of U.S. inflation data

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An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Beijing, China, August 25, 2015. China’s major stock indexes sank more than 6 percent in early trade on Tuesday, after a catastrophic Monday that saw Chinese exchanges suffer their biggest losses since the global financial crisis, destabilising financial markets around the world. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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  • Euro STOXX 600 down 0.3%
  • Dollar hangs just off recent highs
  • U.S. CPI data due on Wednesday

LONDON/HONG KONG, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Shares edged lower and the dollar hung off recent highs on Tuesday as investors eyed U.S. inflation data due a day later that will likely yield clues to any further aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes.

The stakes are high for the July U.S. consumer prices report on Wednesday after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs data last week boosted expectations of a sharp…

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