Time to Retire Rating Agencies?
Airtime: Thurs. May 27 2010 | 2:51 PM ET
Rating agencies don’t seem to have many friends these days, with Jerome Fons, former Moody’s managing director.

Airtime: Thurs. May 27 2010 | 2:51 PM ET
Rating agencies don’t seem to have many friends these days, with Jerome Fons, former Moody’s managing director.

CNBC’s John Harwood talks to President Barack Obama about pending legislation on financial reform, the possibility of raising taxes, and how the average American should think about Wall Street.

ECB President Jean Claude Trichet said the EU’s bank stress tests are being finalized and they are important. Thorsten Polleit from Barclays Capital has analysis.

Inside the world of private surveillance, with CNBC’s Eamon Javers.

CNBC’s Rick Santelli has the breakdown of the economic data and analysis with Tony Crescenzi, Pimco senior VP/market strategist & portfolio manager; Barry Knapp, Barclays PLC head of U.S. portfolio strategy; Frederic Mishkin former Federal Reserve Board governor and CNBC’s Steve Liesman.

Discussing key pieces of economic data, with David Kotok, Cumberland Advisors, and Michelle Meyer, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.

Political pressure is rising ahead of the midterm elections, with Greg Valliere, Potomac Research Group, Allen Sinai ,Decision Economics.