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FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen adjusts her glasses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. several Federal Reserve officials have signaled in recent days that the Fed is ready to resume raising interest rates as soon as March 2017. The question is whether the official who matters most, Yellen, will add her own voice to that impression. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to speak after Fed officials hint rate hike is near

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US economic growth slowed in Q4, but there’s hope ahead

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FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2008, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., appears at a campaign stop in Springfield, Ill. He was a first-term senator-turned-president. A former law professor with little experience in economics or management. When he walked into the White House he had one, clear job: Piece together the shards of a shattered U.S. economy. It wasn’t smooth and it wasn’t fast, but Obama ultimately succeeded. Obama will leave behind an economy far stronger than the one he inherited by most measures. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) (AP)

Surging economy: The U.S. grew 3.5 percent over the last quarter

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Steven Mnuchin, national finance chairman of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, walks to lunch at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP)

Donald Trump selects Goldman Sachs alum Steve Mnuchin, his top fund-raiser, to be Treasury secretary

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