Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — Ethan Harris, head of North America economics at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, talks with Bloomberg’s Mark Crumpton about the outlook for the U.S. economy and housing market. The U.S. economy expanded less than initially estimated last quarter as consumer spending tr...
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Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — Jeremy Siegel, a professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, talks with Bloomberg’s Matt Miller and Carol Massar about the prospects for the U.S. economy. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)
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Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, talks with Bloomberg’s Julie Hyman about prospects for the U.S. stock market. Wren also discusses this week's Treasury auctions and the outlook for the global economy and U.S. dollar. (Source: Bloomberg)
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German GDP is up in the third quarter of the year, thanks mainly to a build-up in inventories and a rise in investment. It is up by 0.7 per cent. Europe’s largest economy has fought its way out of its sharpest recession since World War Two. Despite the good news, weakness...
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iReport — Why did people start losing their jobs, their homes, their health care and their hope? Their homes became worthless..or worth less. That’s it! The economic crisis was induced by bundling complex Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) into derivatives that were sold to someone other than the ...
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The euro zone’s service sector has grown at its fastest pace in two years this month. November’s figures show an improvement of 0.8 per cent since October. The data is compiled by surveying about 2,000 service-providing companies in Europe that range from banks, to cafes and restaurant...
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British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, wants a global strategy to deal with trade and currency imbalances. He has proposed that the new strategy should deal with the inefficient use of reserves and unstable oil prices. Gordon Brown was addressing the annual conference of the Confederati...
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Twelve weeks into his presidency, President Obama gives an assessment of his administration’s approach to fixing the ailing U.S. economy. The President claims we are headed in the right direction, but we hear what two local economists have to say in tonight's installment of "The Bottom Line."
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Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Michael Yoshikami, chief investment strategist at YCMNet Advisors, talks with Bloomberg Television about the US economy, Federal Reserve monetary policy and the risk of a "bubble" in the stock market. (This report is an excerpt. Source: Bloomberg) ... YCMNet’s Yoshika...
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