US interest rate rise looks likely

The US Federal Reserve is positioning itself to raise interest rates
next month, for the first time in nine years.

Minutes from its last meet show the majority of officials think the
economy will be strong enough to support a rate hike.

Our correspondent Nick Harper in New York says these minutes show the
Fed on the verge on making a decision to raise rates.

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Our correspondent Nick Harper in New York says the Fed no longer seems
concerned about unstable stock markets.

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