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Unemployments low. consumer confidence high. theres a disconnect between today in america between consumers. we saw some numbers yesterday and again today that are strong on the consumer front. >> dana: people are buying things. >> thats a big part of our economy. nearly 70% of our economy. but theres a gap between consumer attitudes and the attitudes of by leaders, who are pulling back on investment and investment ultimately is another big driver of the economy. >> dana: it is a lagging indicat...

Other disturbing news on the consumer front. today general motors said it was redoubling its safety efforts in announcing the recall of a million and a half new vehicles over the weekend honda said it was also recalling 900,000 of its odyssey mini vans because of a potential fire hazard. and of course all of this comes hot on the heels of gms previous belated recall of 1.6 million cars with ignition problems, problems that gm admits were discovered way back in 2001. that is a long time to sit on...

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