Chicago Fed president Charles Evans is nervous about the December decision, and anticipates rates may remain below 1 percent at the end of 2016.

Six years after the recession, states are increasing taxes on employers to pay off loans they took from the federal government to pay unemployment benefits during the crisis.

IMF decision may help open up China's financial markets and accelerate reforms.

Proportion of euro-denominated corporate bonds issued by U.S. companies has skyrocketed as borrowing costs in Europe are more than 2 percent lower than in the U.S.