Econ Analysis: Jobless Claims & Trade Data
Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 11 2010 |
Parsing the jobless claims and trade data, with Diane Swonk, of Mesirow Financial, and the CNBC news team.
Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 11 2010 |
Parsing the jobless claims and trade data, with Diane Swonk, of Mesirow Financial, and the CNBC news team.
The European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold Thursday, as expected. Jörg Krämer, chief economist at Commerzbank, considers the strategy of the central bank.
Rating agencies don’t seem to have many friends these days, with Jerome Fons, former Moody’s managing director.
“We aim seriously to double our exports in the next four years,” Rachid Mohammed Rachid, trade and industry minister for Egypt, told CNBC when discussing the outlook for the Egyptian economy Tuesday.
Legendary investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, talks to CNBC about the economy and politics.
“There is some sentiment here in the US that the US will have to pick up part of the tab to bail out Europe as well, because of the IMF,” Rep. Scott Garrett, (R) New Jersey, told CNBC Monday.
Euro zone GDP grew 1.7% year-on-year in the second quarter. Julian Callow from Barclays Capital told CNBC the strong result was largely due to German economic growth. Lothar Mentel, CIO of Octopus Investments, joined the discussion.