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title: Interview with WSJ MoneyBeat
description: Brad McMillan talks with the anchor of WSJ MoneyBeat about what is expected to be an unsettled second half of the year.
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# [Interview with WSJ MoneyBeat](https://blog.commonwealth.com/independent-market-observer/interview-with-wsj-moneybeat)

 Written by [Brad McMillan, CFA®, CFP®](https://blog.commonwealth.com/independent-market-observer/author/brad-mcmillan-cfa-caia-mai) | Jun 20, 2014, 1:00:00 PM

Yesterday, June 19, I [spoke with *Wall Street Journal* MoneyBeat](http://live.wsj.com/video/what-will-it-take-to-smooth-out-a-bumpy-us-economy/7183324D-349A-4391-8E7D-4EDF145FF8B3.html#!7183324D-349A-4391-8E7D-4EDF145FF8B3)'s anchor, Paul Vigna, on the keys to avoiding what is being projected as an unsettled second half of 2014 for the U.S. economy. 

<http://live.wsj.com/video/what-will-it-take-to-smooth-out-a-bumpy-us-economy/7183324D-349A-4391-8E7D-4EDF145FF8B3.html#!7183324D-349A-4391-8E7D-4EDF145FF8B3>

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