Buffett on the Economy, Politics
Airtime: Mon. Mar. 1 2010 |
Legendary investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, talks to CNBC about the economy and politics.

Airtime: Mon. Mar. 1 2010 |
Legendary investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, talks to CNBC about the economy and politics.

There are over 210 million people unemployed across the globe which is an increase of 30 million since 2007, Juan Somavia, director general of the ILO, told CNBC.

With the Bank of Japan set to ease policy again, Masayuki Kichikawa, chief Japan economist at Merrill Lynch, discusses the options the central bank has in its toolbox. He speaks to CNBC’s Sri Jegarajah & Karen Tso.

“We do not contemplate the possibility of a double-dip recession… It’s not impossible, but it is not something that we think is likely,” Jose Vinals, financial counselor and director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department from the IMF, told CNBC Thursday. Amartya Sen, author of The Idea of Justice, joined the discussion.

A breakdown of the Fed’s latest Beige Book, with CNBC’s Steve Liesman and James Bianco, Bianco Research and Lou Brien, DRW Trading Strategist.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner discusses the German ban on short selling and the steps Europe is taking toward economic and financial reform. He also discusses U.S. contingency plans in the event European aid falls through with CNBC’s Erin Burnett.

Discussing weekly jobless claims, with Jim Iurio, TJM Institutional Services and CNBC’s Rick Santelli & Steve Liesman