Broadcast simultaneously from Asia and Europe, "Capital Connection" is the official handover for the global business viewer who needs to understand the impact that news flow in one region is having on financial capitals across the globe. "Capital Connection" is the bridge between the Asian markets and the preview to Europe's trading day. Markets are global and money moves across borders -- a decision made in Tokyo will affect companies and people in Zurich.
As inflation rises in Asia, expect more monetary tightening from its central banks in the second-half of 2008, says Tom Vosa, head of market economics, Europe at the National Australia Bank. He talks to CNBC's Stephen Sedgwick & Maura Fogarty.
The euro-dollar will likely trade range-bound into the summer period, as Thio Chin Loo, senior currency strategist at BNP Paribas believes the Fed and ECB are going to keep rates steady. She speaks to CNBC's Stephen Sedgwick & Maura Fogarty.
Buy into precious metals and the Chinese yuan, advises Martin Hennecke, senior manager of private clients at Tyche. He explains and shares his other investment tips, with CNBC's Maura Fogarty & Stephen Sedgwick.
The ECB, widely expected to hike rates by 25 bps, is likely to follow up with another 25 bps rate hike in September, says Glenn Maguire, Asia Pacific chief economist at Societe Generale. CNBC's Stephen Sedgwick & Maura Fogarty ask him what this means for the euro-dollar cross.
Airlines need to take immediate action to deal with high oil prices, says Nicholas Ionides, regional managing editor, Asia at Flight. He assesses how the U.S. and Asian carriers are coping, with CNBC's Maura Fogarty & Stephen Sedgwick.
The ECB could keep rates at 4% as Stuart Bennett, senior European economist at Calyon sees signs of a rapid slowdown in parts of the Eurozone economy. He speaks to CNBC's Rebecca Meehan & Maura Fogarty.
The Aussie dollar gained against the greenback following the release of a stronger-than-expected May retail sales. Besa Deda, senior market strategist at St George Bank tells CNBC's Rebecca Meehan & Maura Fogarty what the RBA might do next.
Puru Saxena, CEO of Puru Saxena Ltd believes the massive bull run in commodities will continue for many more years. He tells CNBC's Maura Fogarty & Rebecca Meehan how he is investing to gain exposure to the commodities story.
The investment story for the BRIC countries remain intact in spite of the current market turbulence, according to Oliver Stonner, investment strategist at Cominvest AM. He tells CNBC's Rebecca Meehan & Maura Fogarty more.