FOMC Keeps Rates Unchanged
Airtime: Tues. Mar. 16 2010 |
FOMC keeps federal funds rate in zero to 0.25 percent range, with CNBC’s Hampton Pearson.

Airtime: Tues. Mar. 16 2010 |
FOMC keeps federal funds rate in zero to 0.25 percent range, with CNBC’s Hampton Pearson.

Rating agencies don’t seem to have many friends these days, with Jerome Fons, former Moody’s managing director.

“After the huge rallies of last year I think it’s time for the markets to consolidate,” Ashok Shah, CIO of London & Capital, told CNBC Tuesday. “There is a risk of a double dip recession around the corner,” he added when discussing the economic outlook for Europe.

Gold prices will likely make firm gains when euro short-covering ends, Irakli Menabde from I2BF told CNBC Tuesday. The euro has had an inverse relationship to the dollar recently, he added.

The new banking rules will bring some stability to the financial system, believes Kirby Daley, senior strategist, Newedge Group. He shares his thoughts with Karsten Schroeder, CEO, Amplitude Capital, CNBC’s Martin Soong and Sri Jegarajah.

The BoJ kept rates on hold at 0.1% and held off on new policy initiatives on Thursday as widely expected. Susumu Kato, MD & chief economist at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, assesses its decision, with CNBC’s Oriel Morrison & Maura Fogarty.

Inside on the markets and mortgages, with Brian Battle, Performance Trust Capital Partners and CNBC’s Rick Santelli.