A Thanksgiving Day holiday shopper carries a discounted television to the checkout at the Target retail store in Chicago, Illinois, November 28, 2013. A robust pace of business spending likely buoyed U.S. economic growth in the third quarter, a sign corporate chieftains have confidence in the

The US economy is growing steadily with little sign of change of pace, but businesses are generally more optimistic about the future, according to the Federal Reserve's newest Beige Book report Wednesday.  The survey of regional economies reiterated the "modest to moderate" description of activity