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U.S. economy is on solid ground — for now
OK, the Federal Reserve finally decided the economy was strong enough to handle the first increase in interest rates in nine years. Now what? Time to wait. With just a two weeks left in 2015, the broad contours of the U.S. economy are clear. Consumers are spending at the fastest pace since the Great Recession. Sales of new and previously owned homes are rising. And Americans are more confident. That’s some of the good news. The bad? Business spending and investment — one of three legs holding up the U.S. economy — still hasn’t returned to prerecession levels. And lately, companies have become even more ... (full story)
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