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It further backed its target to increase its operating margin by 460 basis points over five years.

"I would be able to say that these threats are very real and persistent, and the operational partners are dealing with them on a daily basis."

The only official report has been Friday’s consumer price index for September, which was 3% on an annual basis.

Almost all the conjecture heading into this week’s Fed meeting is focused on whether the Fed will lower the key rate by 0.25%, or 25 basis points.

On an adjusted basis, loss per share was 19 cents, compared with estimates of a loss of 31 cents a share according to analysts polled by FactSet.