Bloomberg Surveillance

Jonathan Fenby, TS Lombard's director of European political research, and RBS Chairman Howard Davies discuss Emmanuel Macron's speech at the Louvre, the future of France's political landscape and the relationship between Macron and Angela Merkel. Erik Nielsen, Unicredit's chief economist, says Trump will be ineffective in talking down the dollar. Steven Wieting, Citi Private Bank's global chief st...

Maurice Levy, the outgoing CEO of Publicis, says Emmanuel Macron will disrupt everything because he's young and has the will and determination to address the real issues in France. Richard Attias, chairman of Attias & Associates, says the National Front Party is extremist, not just populist. Renaud Dutreil, former chairman of LVMH, says Macron embodies a fresh and innovative approach to politi...

Bill Gross, a fund manager at Janus Capital, says real economic growth in the U.S. is a 2 percent number going forward. Prior to that, Jean-Claude Trichet, former ECB president, says he agrees with Emmanuel Macron on respecting rules and reforming France. Alan Krueger, a professor at Princeton University, remembers the legacy of economist William Baumol. Finally, James Glassman, a senior economist...

Stephen Schork, editor of the Schork Report, says it's a do-or-die moment for oil bulls and that it's clear that OPEC has failed to balance markets. Prior to that, William McNabb, Vanguard Group's CEO, says he's never had a growth objective for Vanguard in 42 years. Komal Sri-Kumar, president of Sri-Kumar Global Advisors, says there's little transparency or clarity coming from the Fed. Libby Cantr...

In a special edition of Bloomberg Surveillance, Tom Keene speaks with former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ahead of the central bank's latest rate decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Jordan, House Freedom Caucus founder, says he hopes Congress will vote on health care this week and that President Trump resonates because he has conservative principles with populist tones. Prior to that, Bloomberg Intelligence's Ira Jersey says the Fed wants to shrink the balance sheet. Eswar Prasad, a professor at Cornell University, says China could be doing more about North Korea because...

Bloomberg's Margaret Talev speaks about the Oval Office interview she and colleague Jennifer Jacobs conducted with President Trump, in which he reiterated expectations for 3 percent GDP growth and said he's considering breaking up big banks. Prior to that, Howard Ward, CIO of growth equities for Gabelli Funds, says Apple is defying skeptics with its pricing power. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says mone...

William Rhodes, CEO of William Rhodes Global Advisors, says Trump has been inviting to corporate chiefs and that he listens to JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon. Greg Valliere, Horizon Investments' chief global strategist, says Goldman Sachs' dominance in the White House is a good story for investors. Jahangir Aziz, JPMorgan's head of emerging markets research, says China's Central Bank is trying to be more...

Byron Carlock of PWC joins Tom Keene and David Gura on Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss the precarious future of America’s shopping malls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, says Trump is getting a lesson in Civics 101 and is seeing the strength of independent institutions in U.S. democracy during his first 100 days as president. BlackRock's Gerardo Rodriguez says Trump has introduced an element of uncertainty in Mexico that had been fading. Zeke Emanuel, the chair of the Department of Medical Ethics at the...

William Lee, chief economist at the Milken Institute, says the regulatory environment doesn't inspire the use of capital to create investments that boost productivity. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses tax reform. Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets, says earnings have yet to reflect the realities of fiscal reform. Finally, Da...

Jim O'Neill, the former U.K. commercial secretary to the Treasury, says E.U. banks have never embraced true cross-services reform and that American banks played a more successful game than their E.U. counterparts. JPMorgan Chase's John Normand says Trump's policies are more diluted than they were on the campaign trail. James Stavridis, dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, says he's con...

David Herro, CIO at Harris Associates, says European financial stocks will do well and BNP Paribas is still a good value. Prior to that, Adair Turner, former chairman of the U.K. Financial Services Authority, says countries want to stay in the Paris Climate Accord. Shahab Jalinoos, the head of FX strategy at Credit Suisse, says an Emmanuel Macron presidency will generate optimism in European refor...

Richard Attias, chairman of Richard Attias & Associates, says French voters are fed up with the traditional political elite and are writing a new chapter in French politics. Julia Coronado, chief economist at MacroPolicy Perspectives, says tax reform talks are "smoke and mirrors." David Rothkopf, CEO and editor of the FP Group, says there's a global anti-establishment backlash. Finally, George...

Olivier Blanchard, former chief economist at the IMF, says the French election isn't a big short-term risk and the lack of informed economics debate is an issue. Prior to that, Jason Furman, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, says economic problems have been increasing since the 1950s. Alice Rivlin, a former vice chair of the Fed, says the U.S. political system's so polarized that the coun...

Robert Kaplan, president of the Dallas Fed, says three Fed rate hikes is still a good baseline and that the central bank's unwinding of its balance sheet should be phased in and gradual. Prior to that, John Lipsky, former first managing director of the IMF, says international collaboration has real substance and holds up the promise of better economic growth. Finally, Gideon Rose, the editor of Fo...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says the U.S. market is the most expensive relative to others and that the market today is anticipating a more centrist outcome with the French elections. Prior to that, Amherst Pierpont's Bob Sinche says U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's snap election is an aggressive move in solidifying her leadership. Hiroshi Watanabe, president of the Institute for International Moneta...

Dominic Konstam, Deutsche Bank Securities Global Rates Research Head, said a weak sterling reflects the U.K. may struggle to get a good Brexit deal. John Stoltzfus, Oppenheimer & Co. Chief Investment Strategist, said the VIX has been remarkably low as equity markets look for U.S. economic expansion. Anthony Scaramucci, a Trump adviser, said the White House is more stable than it looks. Dennis...

Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, discusses the outlook for technology and innovation and says U.S. startups need immigrants. Julian Emanuel, an equity and derivatives strategist at UBS, says markets are in a wait-and-see mode. Finally, Mike Mayo, an independent banking analyst, says banks are hardwired for safety, but not for better governance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Narayana Kocherlakota, a Bloomberg View columnist and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, says it would be hard for Trump to say that Janet Yellen hasn't done her job. Prior to that, Michael Darda, MKM Partners' chief economist, says the Fed's on course for quarter-to-quarter rate hikes. Ken Leon, CFRA Research's director of industry and equities, says JPMorgan didn't exhi...

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says protectionism's a threat and we should assess currency moves on a global basis. Marc Chandler, the head of foreign exchange at Brown Brothers Harriman, says geopolitical tensions will eventually settle down. Finally, James Stavridis, the dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, says the mutual history of the U.S. and Russia can be a positive. Se...

Bob Michele, JPMorgan's chief investment officer, says small and mid-cap companies in the U.S. are fine and that's being reflected in small-business confidence. Prior to that, Nomura Securities' George Goncalves says central banks don't like being in the limelight. Finally, George Friedman, founder of Geopolitical Futures, says North Korea appears to be close to having nuclear weapons. See omnystu...

Toyota Motor President Wil James and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin discuss Toyota's $1.33 billion investment in a Kentucky plant. Prior to that, Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, says the economy's 2 percent growth rate seems to be more than enough to keep the unemployment rate falling. Finally, the Brookings Institution's Thomas Wright says Trump didn't send a particularl...

Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president who is now director of the National Economic Council, says the U.S. needs a 21st-Century Glass-Steagall Act and that deregulation is one of the easier things the White House can do. Prior to that, Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's chief U.S. economist, says inflation will pierce the Fed's 2 percent goal later this year. Neel Kashkari, the former Pimco he...

Gary Locke, a former U.S. ambassador to China, says a border tax would affect China and raise the price of imported goods. Prior to that, Stephen Roach, a professor at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, says China isn't manipulating its currency. Jerome Schneider, PIMCO's head of short-term and funding desk, says the Fed is in the process of a "hand off" to fiscal policy....