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The Business Stories Of 2016: Stock Market, Wells Fargo And Wage Hikes

From the Wells Fargo scandal to movement from the Federal Reserve to the roller coaster ride that was the stock market in 2016, Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti checks in with CBS News’s Jill Schlesinger (@jillonmoney), host of “Jill on Money,” to discuss her picks for the most notable business and finance headlines from the past year.

6 Of This Year’s Top Business Stories
  1. U.S. stock market correction at the beginning of the year
  2. Action/inaction from the Federal Reserve
  3. The economic impacts of Brexit
  4. The Wells Fargo sales debacle
  5. Wage gains for workers
  6. Post-election stock market rally and bond plunge

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