officials at the us central bank state economic activity in the country toward the end of last year. continue to expand across most regions. they say the outlook is positive in most districts. the federal reserve released its latest beige book report on the economy on wednesday it's based on surveys conducted in the bank's twelve districts. the report suggests we'll tell activity increased in three quarters of the district's consumers spend as expected or a bit more over the winter holidays compared with two thousand twelve. manufacturing activity was bad then in the previous year. in all districts and the housing market improved overall of the unsung to sticks home sales and construction slowed fed officials were upbeat despite the weaker than expected december jobs report last week. they say two thirds of the district reported increases in hiring and there were also signs of wage increases. and in this didn't seem to be more confident of what the base but suggests and they're encouraged by the latest batch of data that point toward a solid recovery in stock prices rallied for a sec