Business investment is not only a direct building block of the nation’s economic activity, but it... One thing, however, has been constant: weak U.S. business investment. The central bank cited its disappointment with business investment in its statement Wednesday announcing it wouldn’t raise interest rates. The Federal Reserve has faced readings this year on jobs, consumer spending and exports that have oscillated from good to bad.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 15, 2016 22:41 UTC