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Americans’ personal income in the first four months of 2025 is “almost triple the expectations,” making for a “great” start of the year, CNBC’s Rick Santelli exclaimed on the air, urging viewers to “give credit” to the Trump administration. The longtime CNBC editor revealed the “powerful” numbers on Friday morning, sharing that personal income increased 0.8 percent in April. “This is a great four-month start to any year,” he said. “When you look at income, for the first four months of the year, they’re powerful numbers — up 0.6 in January, up 0.7 in February, up 0.5 last month, up...

With a 9.6 percent unemployment rate overall in the United States and unemployment rates showing an uptick in states on the Gulf of Mexico that allow offshore oil drilling, one has to wonder what the Obama administration is thinking its Draconian wide-sweeping moratorium halting deepwater drilling in the Gulf after the BP oil spill. While environmentalists are using today's explosion on a oil production platform in the Gulf to support a drilling moratorium, critics like CNBC's "Fast Money" panelist Jon Najarian have questioned the wisdom of the Obama administration's decision to put up to 75,000 in limbo.

On Monday, March 9th, Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will join CNBC's Becky Quick live from Omaha for a special edition of CNBC's signature morning show, "Squawk Box" (6AM-9AM ET). For three hours, the Oracle of Omaha will answer viewer's questions about Berkshire Hathaway's performance, the markets and the economy. To submit questions email askwarren@cnbc.com or go to CNBC.com and click on "Ask Warren." For more information go to: buffettwatch.cnbc.com.