Bloomberg - The First Word

Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- James Shugg, a senior economist at Westpac Banking Corp., says "the planets are aligning for a very weak payrolls report for Friday." Shugg talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Former European Commission economist Carsten Brzeski, now a senior economist at ING Group NV in Brussels, says Spain will ask for a bailout and "the only question is when." Brzeski talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Jenkins, founder of Swordfish Research Ltd., which is based near London, says Germany has no faith in stress test results for Spanish banks. Jenkins talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Diebel, head of market strategy at Lloyds Banking Group Plc in London, says data from Spain remain "very weak" and a bond intervention program will be needed. Diebel talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Nick Stamenkovic, a fixed-income strategist at RIA Capital Markets Ltd. in Edinburgh, says the U.S. economy will grow at 2% and Europe will be "deep in recession." Stamenkovic talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Eric Chaney, Paris-based chief economist at insurer Axa SA, says the economy in Italy "is really bad," but "not getting worse." Chaney talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Chris Christopher, director of U.S. and global consumer-economics research at IHS Global Insight Inc., in Lexington, Massachusetts, says he expects the U.S. economy to be "substantially stronger" in 2013 as the housing market picks up. Christopher talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Neil Dutta, head of U.S. economics at Renaissance Macro Research LLC in New York, says the stock market "has priced in a full recovery before it even happened" in the housing industry. Dutta talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING Group in Brussels, says any pickup in the U.S. economy will be temporary with "slowing toward the end of the year. Brzeski talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Craig Veysey, head of fixed income at Sanlam Private Investments in London, says Spain is reluctant to accept a bailout. Veysey talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Fabrice Montagne, an economist at Barclays in Paris, says investors had already anticipated a likely downgrade of Spanish debt. Montagne talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow and John Tucker on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- David Buik, a market strategist at Cantor Index Ltd., says the International Monetary Fund's alteration of its forecast of the number of assets that European banks would have to sell is "very bad news" for Europe. Buik talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow and John Tucker on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Daragh Maher, a currency strategist at HSBC Holdings Plc in London, says European meetings have not given the euro traction, but have not undermined its value. Maher talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow and John Tucker on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Halver, head of capital markets research at Baader Bank AG in Frankfurt, says there will be higher equity prices at the end of 2012. Halver talks with Bloomberg's Karen Moskow and John Tucker on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Wendy Schiller, an associate professor of political science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, says Mitt Romney clearly prevailed in the first presidential debate. Schiller talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)