US STOCKS-Wall St set to open higher on China factory data
* Chinese factory output growth surges to 19-month high
* US bond market, government offices closed for holiday
* Futures up: S&P 7 pts, Dow 52 pts, Nasdaq 16 pts
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By Angela Moon
NEW YORK, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Wall Street was set to open higher on Wednesday as better-than-expected economic data from China and comments from Federal Reserve officials on continued low interest rates buoyed investors' appetite for riskier investments.
Chinese factory output growth surged to a 19-month high in October, signaling that the world's third-largest economy has firmly put the worst of the global economic crisis behind it. For details, see [ID:nPEK212006]
Top Fed officials said in a string of speeches on Tuesday that high unemployment and reluctant consumers would likely make a U.S. economic recovery weak and erratic, underscoring belief that economic stimulus will remain intact. [ID:nN10315173] Continued...
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