David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff, and the CNBC news team look ahead to today's GDP data and share their economic outlooks.
Weighing in on whether excessive lobbyists will bring abuse to the system, with Dan Mitchell, Cato Institute and Christian Weller, Center for American Progress.
Half of the losses suffered by banks could still be hidden in their balance sheets, more so in Europe than in the US, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was quoted as saying.
A top U.S. bank regulator said lawmakers need to be careful about moving forward with a proposal that could break up big banking institutions, while also voicing support for its objective.
Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Taxpayers won't recoup the full sum of the government's unprecedented infusion to the financial sector, but the returns are ahead of schedule.