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Any doubts over about December Fed hike may be swept away

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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen arrives for a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee …

LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation numbers from the United States on Tuesday could be the provider of the final domino in the Federal Reserve's track to raise interest rates next month.

Earlier in November a robust report on U.S. employment hardened expectations for the Fed's first rate increase in nearly a decade and if prices are shown to be rising steadily those views will likely solidify.

Reuters polls see inflation a 1.9 percent year-on-year, unchanged from the previous reading.