World Week Ahead: Interest rates in focus

World Week Ahead: Interest rates in focus
By Margreet Dietz Dec. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Global markets continue to push higher on economic data and the week ahead should be no exception, though investors hope the data will bring further clarity on when the US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates. Friday’s jobs report exceeded all expectations, as employers in the US added 321,000 jobs in November, while October’s increase was an upwardly revised 243,000. The jobless rate was steady at a six-year low of 5.8 percent Investors will eye today’s speech by Atlanta Fed Presi...