U.S. economic activity slowed in August, with nine of the Federal Reserve's 12 districts reporting flat or declining ...

(Bloomberg) -- A trove of anecdotes on the economy gathered by the Federal Reserve over five ... in the text of all editions ...

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Fed's collection of anecdotes about the economy has been framed in grim language. The descriptions have been mooderating.

But the Beige Book, a collection of economic snapshots published by the Federal Reserve earlier this week, offers a more on-the-ground view of what the jobs market looks like right now ...

4 (Xinhua) -- More districts reported "flat or declining" economic activity, and consumer spending ticked down in most districts, the U.S. Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book released on Wednesday.