Markets Digest Housing Data
Airtime: Tues. Aug. 17 2010 | 8:33 AM ET
Insight on the markets following the release of housing starts data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli.
Airtime: Tues. Aug. 17 2010 | 8:33 AM ET
Insight on the markets following the release of housing starts data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli.
Asian nations need more involvement in the G20 policy decisions, but that could happen when the Republic of Korea takes over as group chair, Robert Kimmit, former US Deputy Treasury Secretary, told CNBC Thursday. Philippa Malmgren from Principalis Asset Management joined the discussion.
The RBA lifted rates by 25 bps to 4.25% — its fifth rate hike since October 2009. Adam Gilmour, co-head FX & derivatives sales at Citi Asia Pacific, offers his instant analysis, with Graeme Maxton, chief economist at The Insight Bureau and CNBC’s Oriel Morrison.
Pimco’s Bill Gross tells CNBC why he thinks we’re in a liquidity trap.
The euro is “ludicrously” for many of the struggling European countries such as Greece, but it is even too high for Germany, which is a competitive country, Roger Nightingale from Pointon York told CNBC Monday. Nightingale considers the future of the monetary union.
Japan’s economy slowed sharply in the second quarter with GDP missing forecasts. Jesper Koll, managing director & head of Japanese equity research at JPMorgan Securities Japan, tells CNBC’s Kaori Enjoji that this is a clear indication the country remains ensnared in deflation.
Insight on the economy, the bond market and more, with Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman.