Obama Signs Jobs Bill
Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 18 2010 |
President Barack Obama signs the jobs bill, which is supposed to give payroll tax breaks to businesses that hire the unemployed.

Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 18 2010 |
President Barack Obama signs the jobs bill, which is supposed to give payroll tax breaks to businesses that hire the unemployed.

Obama Meets the Press

Warren Buffett answers questions about the rating agencies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee. The Commission is holding a hearing entitled “Credibility of Credit Ratings, the Investment Decisions Made Based on Those Ratings, and the Financial Crisis.”

Treasury Secretary Geithner is set to give an important speech later this afternoon on the next steps for financial reform, with CNBC’s Steve Liesman

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner shares his thoughts on where the job market is headed, with CNBC’s Steve Liesman. Feedback with John Rutledge, Rutledge Capital; Peter Navarro, University Of California – Irvine and William Isaac, LECG Global Financial Services.

The financial challenges states face could be the next systemic risk within the financial markets, according to Meredith Whitney, CEO of the Meredith Whitney Advisory Group.

About half of the FOMC now sees risks tilted to the downside, reports CNBC’s Steve Liesman. Zane Brown, of Lord Abbett, and James Bianco, of Bianco Research, share their views.