Jobs Data: Former Governors Opine
Airtime: Fri. Aug. 6 2010 | 8:40 AM ET
Analysis of the July employment data with Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, and Michael Leavitt, former governor of Utah.

Airtime: Fri. Aug. 6 2010 | 8:40 AM ET
Analysis of the July employment data with Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, and Michael Leavitt, former governor of Utah.

Portuguese Central Bank Governor Vitor Constancio was formally approved by EU finance ministers as the next vice president of the ECB Tuesday. Constancio could be considered “dovish,” Nick Matthews from RBS told CNBC.

The type of problem that has hit Greece will eventually hit the US, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, told CNBC.

Erik Neilsen, chief European economist at Goldman Sachs, says the Greek contagion will be contained.

Ari Bergmann, CEO at Penso Advisors believes the debt situation in Japan is very dire. He tells Larry McDonald, managing director of Pangea Capital Management and CNBC’s Martin Soong, Sri Jegarajah and Karen Tso why a debt crisis in Japan is a real possibility.

The BoJ kept rates on hold at 0.1% and held off on new policy initiatives on Thursday as widely expected. Susumu Kato, MD & chief economist at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, assesses its decision, with CNBC’s Oriel Morrison & Maura Fogarty.

A global macro strategy will do very well in the hedge fund space this year, says Howard Eisen, managing director at Fletcher Bennett Capital, as he shares his investment insights with CNBC’s Amanda Drury and Maura Fogarty. Eisen also explains why the tech and healthcare sectors offer buying opportunities.