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.

Insight on the midterms, politics and more, with Don Peebles CEO & Chairman The Peebles Corporation, and Dick Armey (R) Former House Majority Leader.

About half of the FOMC now sees risks tilted to the downside, reports CNBC’s Steve Liesman. Zane Brown, of Lord Abbett, and James Bianco, of Bianco Research, share their views.

The way the recovery is being engineered is quite wrong, says David Roche, global strategist at Independent Strategy Ltd, as it is sowing the seeds of greater instability. He talks about the sovereign debt bubble, with CNBC’s Amanda Drury & Sri Jegarajah.

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair delivers a keynote address on the issue of foreclosures and the future of housing finance at a joint Federal Reserve/FDIC conference in Arlington, Va.

Warren Buffett answers questions about the rating agencies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee. The Commission is holding a hearing entitled “Credibility of Credit Ratings, the Investment Decisions Made Based on Those Ratings, and the Financial Crisis.”

President Barack Obama discusses the role of manufacturing in the American economy and signs into law the Manufacturing Enhancement Act.