Economic reports this week should make incumbents shake. Confidence remains mired at around 50 (during good economic times the number is above 90), and while housing and stock prices have recovered from the lows, they are both well below pre-recession levels.
I discussed these trends and the implications for the upcoming mid-term elections with WCBS-TV this morning.
Jill Schlesinger
Jill Schlesinger, CFP® is the Emmy-nominated business analyst for CBS News. She covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, radio (including her nationally syndicated radio show), the web and her blog, "Jill on Money." Prior to her second career at CBS, Jill spent 14 years as the co-owner and chief investment officer for an independent investment advisory firm. She began her career as a self-employed options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York, following her graduation from Brown University.