Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- David Strasser, an analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott, and Matt Townsend, a reporter with Bloomberg News, discuss Lowe's Companies, Inc. earnings. Strasser and Townsend speak to Bloomberg's Carol Massar on "Bloomberg On the Economy." (Source: Bloomberg)

Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- William Strauss, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and a member of the National Association of Business Economics, says the NABE forecasts U.S. gross domestic product of 2.4% for 2012. Strauss talks to Bloomberg's Carol Massar on "Bloomberg On the Economy." (Source: Bloomberg)

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Lynn Franco, the director of the research center at The Conference Board, consumer sentiment index climbed to 69.6 this month because of a recovery in housing and an adjustment by consumers to higher payroll taxes. Franco talks to Bloomberg's Carol Massar on "Bloomberg On the Economy." (Source: Bloomberg)