Economic Measures
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The Fast Money traders reveal their plays on today's pullback. And, Joe LaVorgna, Deutsche Bank, explains why today's weak employment number is only "one data point" in the economic recovery and he is still optimistic about the economy. Also, the FM crew provides a look at the health care trade of the week.
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The U.S. economy will have negative growth for 2009 before it improves slowly in 2010, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher told CNBC Wednesday.
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Altering mark-to-market accounting rules would bring more opacity to the financial system, said Nassim Taleb, “The Black Swan” author.
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The pace of economic deterioration has started to slowdown in some areas, said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday.
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Positive developments out of Washington have stocks on a slow road to recovery even as the economy may continue to struggle, a panel said on CNBC.
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"Most high-earning execs will find their next job through networking," says one expert. "The old tricks are not working anymore. You can't just shop your resume around."
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FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair told Congress a new system of supervision that prevents institutions from taking on excessive risk and becoming so large their failure would threaten the financial system is needed.
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Federal Reserve policymakers are weighing whether to launch new programs or expand existing ones to spur lending, get Americans spending again and lift the country out of recession.
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President Obama agreed to sign an "imperfect" spending bill to keep the government running, but he called for a crackdown on lawmakers adding "earmarks"—or pet projects—to legislation.
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Even as the economy sheds jobs at an alarming rate, there are early signs consumers are over the shock of recession and opening their wallets again. "There's pent up demand," says one economist. "Whether it is long lasting is another story.”
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Even as the economy sheds jobs at an alarming rate, there are early signs consumers are getting over the shock of recession and opening their wallets again. "There's pent up demand," says one economist. "Whether it is long lasting is another story.”
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The U.S. economy looks "dismal" in the short term but should return to growth by year-end as housing markets finally reach "some sort of equilibrium," said Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker.