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October 12, 2009 4:12 PM

EconWatch: The Week Ahead

By
Jill Schlesinger
(MoneyWatch)  It's Monday, so that means it's time for EconWatch, a weekly segment hosted by CBSNews.com Editor In Chief Dan Farber with yours truly as the financial sidekick.

Dan and I spoke about the major stories expected to occur this week. We dive into earnings for financial companies, then move onto the economic data points that affect all of us. The big finish was my short dissertation about inflation, deflation, the US dollar and gold---all in seven and a half minutes!

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    Jill Schlesinger, CFP®, is the Editor-at-Large for CBS MoneyWatch. She covers the economy, markets, investing or anything else with a dollar sign. Prior to the launch of MoneyWatch in 2009, Jill was the chief investment officer for an independent investment advisory firm. In her infancy, she was an options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York.

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