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Starting Monday in Dallas, the central bank will hold a series of "Fed Listens" events aimed at getting input from various parts of the community.
The U.S. economy maintained "solid" growth through the second half of 2018, likely expanding "just under" 3 percent for the year, though consumer and business spending had begun to weaken, the Federal Reserve said on Friday.
VW Group posted 2018 full-year revenues of $267.5 billion on Friday.
The "Fast Money" traders share their first moves for the market open.
Across the country, many workers find themselves too far away from the right jobs.
President Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Friday as China and the U.S. end another week of trade talks.
Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.
Jefferies upgrades Citigroup's stock to buy from hold, saying the bank is headed toward revenue growth this year, as well as added benefits from growth in Citi's Latin America business.
U.S. government debt prices rose on Friday following the release of weak economic data, and as trade talks with China continued.
Saudi Aramco has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with Chinese conglomerate Norinco to develop a refining and petrochemical complex in Panjin city.
Stocks rose on Friday as another round of trade talks between the U.S. and China wrapped up with investors increasingly more hopeful a deal will be struck.
Singapore's second-largest bank OCBC expects its loans business to grow more moderately this year amid greater uncertainties in China and globally, according to the bank's chief executive Samuel Tsien.
China's debt problem is set to get worse this year, predicted Morgan Stanley, but the good news is, it expects that the country will not fall back into the specter of the risky shadow banking sector like before.
Fidelity's operating income rose 19 percent last year, while revenue increased 12 percent to a record $20.4 billion.
The Atlanta Fed's closely watched GDPNow model sees GDP growth for the fourth quarter at 1.4 percent.
The trend comes amid a clamor to make it harder for companies to buy their own stock and instead direct the money to other investments.
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