Thursday, June 22, 2006

Tonight's Lineup

On CNBC's "Kudlow & Company" tonight:

We have an all-star economic panel joining us tonight to discuss the Fed and the economy. Our guests include: Joe LaVorgna, Chief US Fixed Income Economist at Deutsche Bank; Jim Glassman, senior economist with JP Morgan; Michelle Girard, senior economist with RBS Greenwich Capital; and Mitch Stapley, Chief Fixed Income Officer at Fifth Third Asset Management.

The Heritage Foundation’s chief tax expert, Dan Mitchell, will join the economic panel and offer his international insights on Japan’s rate hikes, Germany’s tax maneuvering and the effect on the global economy.

Profits…profits…profts…Dirk van Dijk, Director of Research at Zacks Investment Research and Robert Keiser, Senior Research Manager of Capital Markets at Thomson Financial, will discuss the mother’s milk of the economy.

We’ll tackle the markets with Joe Battipaglia, CIO at Ryan, Beck & Co; Herb Greenberg, senior columnist for MarketWatch and CNBC contributor; and Fifth Third’s Mitch Stapley.

Finally, Rob Portman, Office of Management and Budget Director, will discuss the budget and the proposed line-item veto.

Tonight’s Poll Question:

Do you favor lifting the ban on offshore drilling?

Cast your vote at www.kudlowcnbc.com.