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Nightly Business Report | Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 | PBS

Duration: 24:39 (Full Program)
Program: Nightly Business Report #31049
Broadcast Date: Aug. 26, 2011

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offers optimism not stimulus for the economy. Fred Bergsten Dir. Peterson Inst. For Intl. Economics shares his impression of Bernanke's speech. The New York Stock Exchange braces for Hurricane Irene. How consumers are coping with the economy in our How to Fix the Economy series. Our Market Monitor guest is David Kotok, Chairman and CIO at Cumberland Advisors.

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Post Date: August 26, 2011