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EconWatch: The Week Ahead

Updated on: October 12, 2009 / 4:12 PM EDT / 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

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.

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