States in Crisis
Airtime: Tues. Oct. 5 2010 | 8:39 AM ET
Why the U.S. government will face pressure to bail out struggling states in the next 12 months, with Meredith Whitney, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group CEO.

Airtime: Tues. Oct. 5 2010 | 8:39 AM ET
Why the U.S. government will face pressure to bail out struggling states in the next 12 months, with Meredith Whitney, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group CEO.

Roach: US Jobless Rate Actually Stands at 11.5%.Official data showed U.S. jobless rate in February remain unchanged at 9.7% but Stephen Roach, Asia chairman at Morgan Stanley, believes the real number actually stands at 11.5%. He explains why this discrepancy, with CNBC’s Martin Soong, Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah.

“The euro is a very credible currency, a currency that has a track record of keeping its value (and) is a major asset for investors,” ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet told CNBC after the central bank left interest rates on hold Thursday.

Discussing the risk of global currency wars, with Christian Carillo, head of Asia-Pacific interest rate strategy at Societe Generale Corporate & investment Banking. He tells CNBC’s Karen Tso and Sri Jegarajah, that with economies underperforming, domestic political pressures will increase for measures that will not be beneficial to anyone.

CNBC’s Annette Weisbach breaks down today’s European market action.

The price of gold could push back up to all-time highs, Nicole Elliott from Mizuho Corporate Bank told CNBC Tuesday. Elliott also takes a technical look at short sterling interest rate futures.

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.