Senator hatch committee will come to order. Welcome to everyone to this mornings hearing. We will discuss the nomination of mr. Steve mnuchin to serve as secretary of treasury for the Incoming Trump administration. I want to officially welcome mr. Munchin to the finance committee. I appreciate your willingness to appear before us here today and serve in this important position. The position of treasury secretary is among the most important in the executive ranch. The next treasury secretary will be asked will be asked a lot of questions that are going to be very, very important here today. They will be we are going to be talking about advancing policies to improve our nations economic and fiscal outlook. This position oversees both the collection of taxes and the management of our debt and in addition, as Congress Works to reform our nations tax code and fix our broken health care system, it is absolutely essential that we have a cooperative partner overseeing reasury. That is, quite f
We had estimated a decline of 0. 1 . When you look at Central Banks, it is the specter of disinflation and it looks like mario draghi may have to address this. Euro area economy, we also get gdp figures. It was a little better than estimated. Gdp better than expected in the First Quarter. Vonnie we are not getting much of a Market Reaction yet. Stocks were lower in the first few hours of trading. The cac 40 down about 1. 4 . The euro also not seeing a huge reaction. People haveguess been led to believe that mario draghi will address this, so this would explain the circumstances in the markets. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. And opponentsers of british membership in the European Union squared off here in london today. They gathered for the Bloomberg Brexit eight posted by Francine Lacqua. The value is not just in the eu, but around the world through trade deals. It is valuable for jobs, for investment, for the future roster of our country. What they tell u
Tablet wars. An Israeli Company wants to turn your furniture into the newest digital device. Good monday morning, everybody. You are watching Market Makers on bloomberg television. Im Erik Schatzker. And im scarlet fu in for stephanie ruhle. Lets get you to the business top stories around the world. Investors are not as a doozy ecig about the Global Economy as they were just not as enthusiastic about the Global Economy as they were just a few months ago. This compared to the last poll taken in january. That separatists in ukraine overwhelmingly supported independence. The government is calling it a farce and saying the votes are illegal. Allergan hasr officially rejected it a takeover offer from valley and. Valeant. Drew armstrong is covering the story now. Hat is next . We will be going back and forth on this thing for a little while. Apparently, allergan had gone to some other Big Companies and gotten i dont know where. And there was talk with maybe glaxosmithkline. It leaves them in
And institutions accountable and exposing injustice. I feel we are not doing that enough we are too driven by social media which is important but it has come to dominate a lot of decisions about coverage when we ought to spend more time digging and providing new information to the viewers. Why did you leave the business . It had been more than 30 years and i think change is a good thing. It was really a matter of i either change now if i were going to make a change or continue probably through the next election. I decided i wanted to take a pause and spend a little time playing golf, making a few speeches and then decide what i want to do next. Have you come to any conclusion of what you might want to do next . No. I was in the process of moving and ending 33 years at nbc, and i want to take time when i really am not under any pressure and particular out what might be out there. My decisions about projects will be determined by the principles i mentioned earlier. I care about Holding P
And ending 33 years at nbc, and i want to take time when i really am not under any pressure and particular out what might be out there. My decisions about projects will be determined by the principles i mentioned earlier. I care about Holding People and institutions accountable and exposing injustice. But im open to doing something entirely fresh that i may not have thought of. Host what was life like growing up in joplin, missouri . Guest it was a little like the cleaver family. We had a wonderful life. It was webb city, 6,700 people next to joplin. I have four very smart younger sisters. My dad was a lawyer. My mom graduated in journalism but gave it up to raise the five five of us which was more than a fulltime job. We had an ideal childhood. We went to a pretty good school. We were encouraged to do whatever we wanted to do. I went to the university of missouri to college. I think i had a pretty happy, pretty normal childhood. Host you started in print journalism where . Guest b. An