1. The U.S. economy is entering 2020 on solid footing, having kept up its modest expansion in the final six weeks of 2019, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. Tight labor markets, slow price increases and a solid holiday season—particularly among online shoppers—offset weakness in manufacturing, the central bank said in its periodic report of anecdotes …
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