March
CNBC Television
22 March 2010
Euro is ‘Ludicrously’ High
The euro is “ludicrously” high for many of the struggling European countries such as Greece, but it is even too high for Germany, which is a competitive country, Roger Nightingale told CNBC Monday. Nightingale considers the future of the monetary union.
CNBC Television
22 March 2010
Gilts Could Fall on UK Election
There could be quite a sharp selloff in the Gilt market as the UK general election gets underway, Michael Gallagher from IDEA global told CNBC Monday. Roger Nightingale joined the discussion.
CNBC Television
15 March 2010
Fed to Hold Rates Until Summer, Fall or Even Winter
The Federal Reserve “would want to see strong first quarter data before they talk about raising interest rates because they wouldn’t want to raise interest rates when the economy was weakening of its own accord and causing a significant downward plunge,” Roger Nightingale said.
CNBC Television
4 March 2010
Greek Debt Isn’t a Problem
Greece’s debt isn’t the problem, it’s the economy that’s the problem, Roger Nightingale told CNBC Thursday. “If the economy were reactivated, the debt problem would disappear,” he said.
CNBC Television
4 March 2010
What? UK in the Euro Zone?
“It’s bonkers to suggest we should join the euro,” Roger Nightingale told CNBC Thursday after Labour Business Secretary Lord Mandelson suggested the UK should join the monetary union. “He’s completely insane if he thinks that,” Nightingale added. Tim Linacre, CEO of Panmure Gordon, joined the discussion.
CNBC Television
4 March 2010
BoE Leaves Rates, QE Unchanged
Quantitative easing in the UK is “not only sleeping, I think it’s unconscious,” Anthony Gibbs from Vantage Capital Markets told CNBC after the Bank of England held interest rates and QE steady Thursday. Roger Nightingale joined the discussion.