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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Bubble in the making? How the stock market might not reflect the current economy

Updated: November 22 2013,
Author: barrel fan
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At the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow ended above 16,000, another record high. Meanwhile, companies continue to report healthy profits. And yet the recovery is weak and unemployment is high. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks for answers and asks whether the Federal Reserve’s stimulus has had the impact it intended.