updated Jul 01, 2008 4:39PM

The Good News: It is not Your Fault

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Consumer confidence is at a sixteen year low. What has brought that measure of how we feel about our place in the economy to this level is relatively well known. Tight credit, lower home values and rising costs.

Look around you for a moment. Do you or any of your co-workers feel as though you could demand anything from your employer right now?

 

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