From Standard&Poor's Equity Research. MARKETSCOPE The dollar index is off 0.01 to 85.08 in early going as Fed kicks off 2-day policy meeting that expected to leave rates unchanged but likely to result in more hawkish policy comment due to strong economic data... much focus on tomorrow's Q1 GDP estimate and Friday's Nonfarm Payroll report... euro steady at $1.2953 despite lower than anticipated CPI data from some of the German states... sterling little changed at $1.9588 following reports U.K. December mortgage lending rose a record 10.6 billion pounds but mortgage approvals fell to 113,000 from 129,000 in November... U.K. bonds rose, 10-year yields fell to 4.98% from 5.00% yesterday... German bonds rose, 10-year yield fell to 4.10% from 4.11% yesterday... French bonds up, 10-year yield down to 4.14% from 4.15% yesterday.
