“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.
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.
The European Central Bank left its core interest rate on hold at 1.0% Thursday. Karsten Junius from DekaBank, Brendan Brown from Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International and Neil MacKinnon from VTB Capital discuss the outlook for Europe.
According to Bain & Co, China has swept past the US as the world’s #2 luxury market, and it’s expected to grow 15% in 2010. Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group, speaks to CNBC’s Chloe Cho about luxury brands big push into China.
CNBC’s Larry Kudlow discusses his one on one interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
Discussing whether there will be a double-dip and if the Fed should print more money, with Richard Fisher, Dallas Fed president and CNBC’s Steve Liesman.
President Obama discusses the amount of jobs loss and his plans for improving employment and the economy by increasing foreign trade.
What’s next for the markets, with Mohamed El-Erian, PIMCO CEO & co-CIO and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Bernard Schwartz, CEO of BLS Investments, tells CNBC about his $1 trillion jobs plan.
Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group has made two deals in the commercial real estate arena. Daniel Mudd, CEO of the Fortress Investment Group, discusses the deals with CNBC.