U.S. economic activity was little changed in recent weeks, though employment was weaker in about half of the Federal Reserve's 12 districts and consumer spending declined, the U.S. central bank said on Wednesday,

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U.S. economic activity was little changed in recent weeks, though employment was weaker in about half of the Federal Reserve's 12 districts and consumer spending declined, the U.S. central bank said on Wednesday,

Division at the US Federal Reserve has intensified in the past few weeks, with officials staking out disparate positions ahead of the central bank’s policy meeting next month a