Markets Digest Housing Data
Airtime: Tues. Aug. 17 2010 | 8:33 AM ET
Insight on the markets following the release of housing starts data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

Airtime: Tues. Aug. 17 2010 | 8:33 AM ET
Insight on the markets following the release of housing starts data, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli.

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.

Airtime: Tues. Oct. 12 2010 | 7:50 PM ET Following an unexpected jump in Japanese machinery orders, Jesper Koll, MD & head of Japanese equity research at JPMorgan Securities Japan, tells CNBC’s Kaori Enjoji that this shows the local corporates are serious about retooling.

James Surowiecki of the New Yorker talks with C.E.O. of Ford about the company’s ongoing transformation, the move toward electric cars, and the future of the automobile industry.

Buy small-cap funds when investing in China, advises Hugh Young, MD of Aberdeen Asset Management. He explains why this is the correct theme to be playing in China, with CNBC’s Martin Soong, Bernard Lo & Karen Tso

Ford shares are up more than 150 percent in the past year, recently touching a six-year high. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau discusses this and the road ahead for Ford with CEO Alan Mulally.

Following the same path as Japan, China will face an inevitable collapse within the next decade or so, says George Friedman, CEO of Stratfor. He tells CNBC’s Martin Soong that a country’s growth rate doesn’t represent health.