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WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (IFR)- The latest Fed Beige Book, surveyed from early/mid October to mid November, states that the economy continued to improve. The findings look clearly stronger, if not sharply, in almost all sectors outside housing compared with the previous Beige Book seen on October 20. Signs of some improvement in hiring activity is probably the most significant change as we await Friday's payroll release. Even the price findings look marginally less soft.
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