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How US Fed's jobs may get a lot more complicated after likely December hike

An interest-rate increase at the Dec 18-19 gathering of the U.S. central bank is priced at around 70 percent odd

Dominant companies can reduce competition, leave many behind: Explained

'A world without regulation means you're either at the table or on the menu,' said Roni Michaely, a University of Geneva professor

The outlook for the US economy

It is not a pretty picture. The next economic downturn is likely to be deeper and longer

US growth slows less than expected in Q3, on track to hit 3% annual target

But business spending stalled and residential investment declined for a third straight quarter, potential red flags to the economic expansion that is now in its ninth year

US Fed's current policy path would boost recession risk: St Louis Fed chief

Policymakers expect to raise rates again in December, and several times next year before the fed funds rate tops out at 3.40 per cent in 2020

Severe recession would slash US net worth by about $5 trillion: IMF

The fund pointed to rising trade tensions as a cause for worry and also predicted slower growth in the United States next year and beyond

10 years after Lehman, has US sluggishness just snapped back to normal?

Even former skeptics have become open to the idea that a recent rise in productivity may turn into a trend, drawing comparisons with the "Great Moderation" period of growth during the 1990s

How falling dollar anticipates eclipse of US global economic supremacy

Skyrocketing debt, Wall Street deregulation, a fraying social safety net, and a diminished dollar could soon leave US looking like Greece

US shares gain on tech, energy stocks; trade woes hurt emerging markets

Weakness is set to remain a recurring theme amid global trade tensions, a broadly stronger dollar and prospects of higher US interest rates

Is this a mid-1990s moment for the economy? Three reasons for optimism

There are parallels today to the strongest period of growth and prosperity in recent decades

Will do 'whatever it takes' for US economy, says US Fed chief Jerome Powell

However, he noted that the economy remained strong and anyone who wanted a job could find one

Fed impressed with US economy strength, may continue with rate hike

Fed policymakers had a wide-ranging discussion on whether the recently slim spread between short- and long-term interest rates might be a sign of an impending recession

US Q1 GDP growth slows on weaker consumer spending, labor market strong

The dollar fell against a basket of currencies while prices of US Treasuries dipped

Why the next nine days will teach us a great deal about the US economy

Here's what to watch as the Fed closes in on a milestone that will make it a rarity in the post-crisis world: a monetary authority that has hit all of its targets on the nose

The era of fiscal austerity is over: What big deficits mean for US economy

In the long run, the United States risks two grave problems

The heightened risks of a US downturn

Low-interest rates imply that the responsibility for stimulating the economy in the next downturn will fall to fiscal policy

US factory orders tumble 0.1%, core capital goods orders revised up

September data was revised to show orders increasing 1.7 percent instead of the previously reported 1.4 percent rise

US economy logs fastest growth in three years in Q3, exceeds Trump's target

President Donald Trump on Thursday took credit for the rising growth rate

US economy grows 3% in third quarter on inventories, trade

After increase in inventory investment and smaller trade deficit offset a hurricane-related slowdown in consumer spending

US' Q2 GDP growth revised higher to 3.1%; consumer spending unrevised

The economy recorded its quickest pace in more than two years