Fed Almost Certain to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged at Next Meeting

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): Federal Reserve officials, facing an economic jumble as 2016 begins, will almost certainly keep short-term interest rates steady at a policy meeting this month and turn their focus toward a potential cliffhanger decision about whether to lift them when they gather again in March.

Job growth is strong, but financial markets are volatile and downward pressures on inflation are building. The employment picture gives officials an...

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