Economic Data: Retail Sales, CPI
Airtime: Fri. Aug. 13 2010 | 8:30 AM ET
Parsing today’s economic data with John Brady, of MF Global, and CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

Airtime: Fri. Aug. 13 2010 | 8:30 AM ET
Parsing today’s economic data with John Brady, of MF Global, and CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

As the Japanese yen hits an 8-month high against the dollar, Timothy Connors, corporate forex manager at Custom House Western Union, speaks to CNBC’s Yousef Gamal El-Din, Maithreyi Seetharaman & Sri Jegarajah about whether the BOJ will intervene to slow the currency’s climb.

As European governments promised they will take steps to reduce gaping budget deficits, famous investor Jim Rogers told CNBC he bought the single European currency. Luca Silipo from Natixis and David Kotok from Cumberland Advisors joined the discussion.

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

Where the economy is headed next, with Stephen Roach, Yale University professor and Morgan Stanley non-executive chairman.

CNBC’s Steve Liesman has the highlights from the meeting of G-7 finance ministers. CNBC’s Steve Liesman has the highlights from the meeting of G-7 finance ministers.

Carlos Ghosn, president & CEO of Nissan-Renault, tells CNBC’s Kaori Enjoji that the way the car industry is going, “scale and collaboration” between different auto manufacturers is becoming increasingly important.