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.
Starting today, underwater homeowners will be permitted under a government program to sell their homes for less than they owe and basically force the lender to take the loss rather than foreclose on the home. Shari Olefson, of Fowler White Boggs, and Susan Wachter, a real estate professor at Wharton, discuss.
A look at some of the ETF winners of Q1 and which ones to watch in Q2, with Tom Lydon, editor of ETFTrends.com
Parsing today’s ISM non-manufacturing and pending home sales data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli and Diana Olick.
The impact the jobs report will have on the bond market, with Mohamed El-Erian, Pimco CEO and Co-CIO; Andy Serwer, Fortune managing editor; Robert Barbera ITG chief economist; and CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla, Steve Liesman & Becky Quick.
Parsing the jobs numbers, with CNBC’s Hampton Pearson; David Malpass, Encima Global president; Mark Zandi, Moody’s Economy.com chief economist; Andy Serwer, Fortune managing editor; Robert Barbera ITG chief economist; and CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla, Steve Liesman, Rick Santelli & Becky Quick.
NY Times Tech Columnist David Pogue shares his review of the highly-anticipated iPad, which arrives in stores April 3.
It is not too late to get into stocks if investors have a 6-month outlook, Peter Morici from University Of Maryland Smith School Of Business told CNBC Thursday. Justin Urquhart Stewart from Seven Investment Management joined the discussion.
Discussing weekly jobless claims, with Jim Iurio, TJM Institutional Services and CNBC’s Rick Santelli & Steve Liesman
Lihir Gold has rejected an US$8.5 bn billion takeover offer from Newcrest Mining. Ron Cameron, senior analyst at Ord Minnett and Greg Canavan, editor of Sound Money – Sound Investments, weigh in on the deal, with CNBC’s Amanda Drury & Sri Jegarajah.