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Panasonic warned of an annual loss of about $4.2 billion this year and announced job cuts Wednesday. Gerhard Fasol, CEO of Eurotechnology Japan KK, has analysis.

The US unemployment rate will have likely jumped again in January as the overall trend is worsening, Sarah Hewin from Standard Chartered Bank told CNBC Wednesday.

Hopes for economic stimulus packages are running high, but they will be no quick fix for the economy, Nicu Harajchi, CEO of N1 Asset Managment, told CNBC. Roger Kunz from Clariden Leu joined the discussion.

Between the stimulus package and all the bad news, there is a lot going on in the equity market. Bernie McGinn from McGinn, McKean, & O'neil and Christian Gattiker-Ericsson from Julius Bar discuss the positive and negative effects.

"After all the discussions, some decisions have to be taken," Christian Gattiker-Ericsson from Julius Bar told CNBC when asked what is going to get the markets moving again. He goes into the importance of the stimulus package and bad banks.

As Australia puts together a stimulus package worth about 8% of its GDP, Linda Yueh from Oxford Analytica breaks down the effects it will have on the country. She also goes into Australia's rate cuts and if they are on par with the rest of the world.

The Bank of Japan announcement it planned to repurchase up to one trillion shares from commercial banks Tuesday. The Nikkei’s Asuka Kondo brings the latest news from the Japanese market.

The European Central Bank will likely keep interest rates on hold in February, but they could cut rates again in March, Peter Dixon from Commerzbank Securities, told CNBC Tuesday.

The Bank of Japan is planning to buy a large swathe of shares in Japanese banks. Simon Grose-Hodge from LGT Bank in Liechtenstein says the plan may not be that effective.

Stock investors are still taking negative news quite badly and selling stocks, even though most major indexes are at multi-year lows already, Alpesh Patel from Praefinium Group told CNBC. Jordan Kimmel from Magnet Investment Group joined the discussion.

January has proved very weak for global stocks, which could mean the whole year is negative for the major indexes, according to the 'January Effect'. Alpesh Patel from Praefinium Group considers the outlook.

Japanese electronic stocks sank Monday as earnings for many of the major companies were slashed. Chisato Haganuma from Nomura Securities has the outlook for the sector.