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    Consumer Confidence and the Holiday Shopping Season

    It's Christmas Eve, the last day of the shopping season and, despite the sagging economy, retailers have not lapsed into panicked fire sales. That's according to Kathleen Madigan, economics columnist for the Dow Jones Newswires .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    It's Christmas Eve, the last day of the shopping season and, despite the sagging economy, retailers have not lapsed into panicked fire sales. That's according to Kathleen Madigan, economics columnist for the Dow Jones Newswires.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Roman Catholic Future, in the US and Around the World
    1. 0:00Consumer Confidence and the Holiday Shopping SeasonYou’re reading this
    2. 7:48The Catholic Church, the Next Generation
    3. 37:45Two Perspectives on a Reporter's Kidnapping
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