Steve Liesman (born May 21, 1963) is an American journalist, senior economics reporter for the cable financial television channel CNBC.
He shared the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1999, recognizing Wall Street Journal coverage of the Russian financial crisis.
During his time at the WSJ, he focused on the productivity revolution, macroeconomics, and the myriad problems of corporate earnings reporting.
Liesman became a senior economics reporter at the WSJ, covering domestic and global economies, as well as corporate earnings and the Enron accounting scandal, before joining CNBC in April 2002.
[5] In addition to his duties as CNBC's senior economics reporter, Steve Liesman is an amateur guitarist and plays regularly in a Grateful Dead cover band.