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Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Michele Steele reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. Stocks rose in the U.S. and Europe and bonds and the yen dropped on signs central banks are confident enough in the strength of the economic recovery to remove stimulus measures. The yield gap between Treasury 2- and 30-year notes reached the widest level since at least 1980. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Kevin Flanagan, fixed income strategist at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about the outlook for the U.S. bond market. U.S. Treasuries fell today, with the gap in yields between 2- and 30-year securities reaching the widest margin since at least 1980, after a $13 billion offering of 30-year bonds drew lower-than-forecast demand. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Keith McCullough, chief executive officer of Research Edge LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the end of a "reflation trade" investment opportunity. McCullough also discusses the impact of speculative bidding on gold prices, Federal Reserve monetary policy and investment strategy for technology, health-care stocks and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- James Caron, head of U.S. interest-rate strategy at Morgan Stanley, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman, Brian Luke and Mark Crumpton about the outlook for the U.S. Treasury market. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Jan Randolph, head of the sovereign risk group at IHS Global Insight, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the state of global sovereign debt market and credit ratings. Randolph also discusses Greece's rating downgrade and other potentially troubled government debt. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Pryce, the Fitch Ratings analyst who yesterday downgraded Greece’s credit rating, talks with Bloomberg's Andrea Catherwood about the risk of the country defaulting on its debt. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Lutz Karpowitz, strategist at Commerzbank AG, talks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua about investor concern over Greece's debt rating and the outlook for the euro. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou talks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua about the country's public finances and plans to reduce the budget deficit. Greek stocks and bonds tumbled yesterday after Fitch Ratings cut its rating on government debt to BBB+. Two other major ratings companies are threatening to follow suit. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- John Makin, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton about the Obama administration's plan for funds returned from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Makin also discusses the U.S. budget deficit and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's confirmation hearings. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about the outlook for the U.S. labor market. President Obama today proposed new spending on the nation’s infrastructure, tax credits for small businesses to spur hiring and incentives to make homes more energy efficient in a new round of measures aimed at cutting the jobless rate. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Curtis Arledge, who helps manage more than $500 billion as co-head of fixed-income portfolio management at BlackRock Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy and the fixed-income market. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- John Paul Rathbone of the Financial Times' Lex commentary team talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about Japan's 7.2 trillion yen ($81 billion) economic stimulus package. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about the whether large U.S. banks would have survived without government aid. Geithner also discusses the outlook for the U.S. labor market and economic growth. (This is an excerpt of the full interview to air this weekend on "Political Capital With Al Hunt." Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Crescenzi, a strategist at Pacific Investment Management Co., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu, Jon Erlichman and Adam Johnson about the outlook for U.S. inflation. Crescenzi also discusses the November employment report released today that showed payrolls fell by 11,000 and the jobless rate declining to 10 percent. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, talks with Bloomberg's Peter Cook about the need to limit taxes to help spur U.S. economic growth. Grassley also discusses Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's confirmation hearing today before the Senate Banking Committee. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Nicholas Brooks, head of research and investment strategy at ETF Securities Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Mark Barton about the outlook for gold prices. Brooks, speaking in London, helps manage $17.2 billion in commodity assets. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- David Woo, global head of foreign-exchange strategy at Barclays Capital, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the outlook for Japanese monetary policy. The Bank of Japan said it’s ready to pump more money into the financial system after unveiling a 10 trillion yen ($115 billion) program to help an economy battered by falling prices and the yen’s surge to a 14-year high. Woo also discusses Australian monetary policy. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman and Mark Crumpton about Dubai World's debt crisis. Dubai’s government said Nov. 25 that Dubai World, the state-controlled holding company, would seek a standstill agreement with creditors and an extension of loan maturities until at least May 30, 2010. The announcement led to the biggest declines in Asian shares in three months last week and Europe’s worst rout since April. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Benoit Anne, head of emerging-market foreign-currency and debt strategy at Bank of America Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker and Deirdre Bolton about Dubai World's debt. The United Arab Emirates central bank said it “stands behind” the country’s local and foreign banks as they face the prospect of losses from Dubai World, the state-controlled holding company struggling with $59 billion in liabilities. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Rachel Ziemba, an analyst at Roubini Global Economics LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu about state-controlled Dubai World's debt. Dubai World, with $59 billion of liabilities, is seeking to delay debt payments. (Source: Bloomberg)