Lacker on the Economy
Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 15 2010 | 2:13 PM ET
Weighing in on the markets and the economy, with Jeffrey Lacker, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president and CNBC’s Steve Liesman.

Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 15 2010 | 2:13 PM ET
Weighing in on the markets and the economy, with Jeffrey Lacker, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president and CNBC’s Steve Liesman.

The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 1% Thursday, as widely expected. João Borges de Assunção from Católica School of Business, Charlie Morris from HSBC Global Asset Management and Brendan Brown from Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International have analysis.

President Barack Obama encourages passage of the small business bill, which is currently stalled in Congress.

Vulture investor Wilbur Ross, along with private equity firm Carlyle and Dublin-based Cardinal Group, will buy troubled Irish bank Education Savings Bank, Ross tells CNBC.

Discussing whether the slow and steady rally is the key to more stock gains to come, with Mike Rubino, Rubino Financial; Scott Redler, T3live.com and CNBC’s Bob Pisani.

Insight on BP’s gulf liabilities, with Bob Dudley, BP CEO.

The whole euro zone region is caught in a Catch-22 situation, notes Sandeep Malhotra, CIO at Clariden Leu. He explains his grim outlook on Europe, with CNBC’s Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah.