David Reavill

I get that very American, upbeat response when I ask people how things are going. "Things are great," "Couldn't be better." It's all part of the essential American character. By nature, we tend to be optimists, seeing the glass as half full. And that robust, positive outlook continues today, but with some reservations.

I get that very American, upbeat response when I ask people how things are going. "Things are great," "Couldn't be better." It's all part of the essential American character. By nature, we tend to be optimists, seeing the glass as half full. And that robust, positive outlook continues today, but with some reservations.

Virtually all of Wall Street and most seasoned "Fed Watchers" expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another one-quarter percent when they announce their latest interest rate decision this afternoon. If so, this will be the eleventh rate hike in just sixteen months and the most rapid rise in history on a percentage basis. The Fed will have taken its primary interest rate from less than one-quarter percent to now five and a half percent.

Virtually all of Wall Street and most seasoned "Fed Watchers" expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another one-quarter percent when they announce their latest interest rate decision this afternoon. If so, this will be the eleventh rate hike in just sixteen months and the most rapid rise in history on a percentage basis. The Fed will have taken its primary interest rate from less than one-quarter percent to now five and a half percent.

Virtually all of Wall Street and most seasoned "Fed Watchers" expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another one-quarter percent when they announce their latest interest rate decision this afternoon. If so, this will be the eleventh rate hike in just sixteen months and the most rapid rise in history on a percentage basis. The Fed will have taken its primary interest rate from less than one-quarter percent to now five and a half percent.

Virtually all of Wall Street and most seasoned "Fed Watchers" expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another one-quarter percent when they announce their latest interest rate decision this afternoon. If so, this will be the eleventh rate hike in just sixteen months and the most rapid rise in history on a percentage basis. The Fed will have taken its primary interest rate from less than one-quarter percent to now five and a half percent.

The country is nearing a series of strikes by Drivers at United Parcel Service (UPS), Yellow Freight, and potentially the US Postal Service. These strikes would promise to devastate commerce and industry across the country.

The country is nearing a series of strikes by Drivers at United Parcel Service (UPS), Yellow Freight, and potentially the US Postal Service. These strikes would promise to devastate commerce and industry across the country.

The country is nearing a series of strikes by Drivers at United Parcel Service (UPS), Yellow Freight, and potentially the US Postal Service. These strikes would promise to devastate commerce and industry across the country.

The country is nearing a series of strikes by Drivers at United Parcel Service (UPS), Yellow Freight, and potentially the US Postal Service. These strikes would promise to devastate commerce and industry across the country.