Powell to tell Senate omicron variant poses downside risk to economy, complicates inflation picture

View in Browser  |  Forward to a Friend Tue, 30 Nov 2021 MORNING SQUAWK EMEA TOP NEWS          GUEST HIGHLIGHTS DJIA 35,135.94 236.60 +0.68%  S&P 500 4,655.27 60.65 +1.32%  NASDAQ 15,782.83 291.18 +1.88%  FTSE 100 7,109.95 65.92 +0.94%  CAC 6,776.25 0.00 0.00%  DAX 15,280.86 0.00 0.00%  Quotes and charts as of Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:26 AM CET. Top News Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:44 AM CET Powell to tell Senate omicron variant poses downside risk to economy, complicates inflation picture Fed Chair Jerome Powell believes that the omicron variant of Covid-19 and a recent rise in coronavirus cases pose a threat to the U.S. economy. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:20 AM CET European stocks set to fall sharply at open amid omicron vaccine fears European stocks are expected to open sharply lower on Tuesday, with futures reversing themselves on new fears around the omicron Covid variant and vaccines. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:30 AM CET Rolling back U.S.-China tariffs would ease inflation in the U.S., former Treasury secretary says Eliminating tariffs imposed on goods during the U.S.-China trade war would help ease inflation in the U.S., former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said. Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:43 PM CET As the omicron variant spreads across the world, here's what we know so far The heavily-mutated omicron Covid-19 variant has been detected in more countries as governments around the world weigh new travel bans and restrictive measures. Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:13 PM CET U.S. energy envoy says Biden stands ready to release even more oil reserves to cool markets "Absolutely. This is a tool that was available to us and will be available again," Amos Hochstein told CNBC's Hadley Gamble on Monday. Guest Highlights – Today on CNBC All times given in CET. 07:10 Amos Hochstein Senior Advisor for Energy Security, U.S. State Department U.S. Energy 07:30 Hakan Samuelsson CEP, Volvo Cars Earnings 07:45 Kirill Dmitriev CEO, RDIF Earnings 08:00 Simon French Chief Economist, Panmure Gordon GH/End of Month 08:15 Anders Engdahl President & CEO, Intrum Payment Report 08:30 Anko van der Werff President & CEO, SAS Earnings 08:45 Zillah Byng-Thorne CEO, Future Earnings 09:00 Max Kettner Multi-Asset Strategist, HSBC Strategy 09:15 Jean Lemierre Chairman, BNP Paribas CDP 09:30 Francois Balloux Director of the UCL Genetics Institute, University College London Omicron 10:30 Rafael Bayarri Olmos Researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Omicron 13:15 Patrice Caine Chairman & CEO, Thales CDP 13:15 Xavier Musca Deputy CEO, Credit Agricole CDP Terms Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Advertise with us