Fed Official Still Looking At 2015 Rate Hike

In remarks prepared for a conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Lockhart says he will be watching in particular consumer activity in making his decision on whether to raise rates at one of the Fed's two final meetings of 2015.

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