brainard? >> senator, i have worked all my professional career on making sure that americans have economic opportunity. i have worked extensively at the white house, most recently at the treasury, on guarding against financial crises, responding to financial crises and, of course, i've worked quite a lot on making sure that americans in manufacturing in places like ohio are able to compete in the global economy and are able to borrow to send their kids to college, to borrow to buy homes, to protect their savings. so this has been really my life's work, and the fed is a critically important place now, probably one of the most important places in terms of making sure americans get back to work, the slack in the economy is overcome and credit flows to those who are going to create jobs and create opportunity in the future. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i have one other question. this is to all three fed nominees, including mr. powell. basel has proposed capital sur charges on sifis in a range of 1-2

isel brainard and mr. paul both been confirmed by the sender drl bush of as the undersecretary of the treasury for international nfirmed by affairs and mr. polis are on the fed board of governors since 2012. i lookun forde someone more abot these nominees positions and the normalization of monetary policy as well as the continued application of dodd-frank.noneei in addition to the seats they will fail, there will be one enem remaining opening at the board. i'm hopeful hud bank experience, with a priority will be utilized in this option the qualifications for this last uti position. ng the qualifications for this last position. today we will also consider nominations to the national credit union administration and the department of housing and urban development. credit unions play an important role in our financial system and are leaders in our relationship based lending in our communities. i look forward to hearing from mr. mcwatters about his priorities at ncua and the opportunities and challenges facing

powell fischer, jerome and lael brainard. to, we fischer is going think, take the deputy spot.t some people talked about the prospect of a clash between janet yellen and stanley fischer. stanley fischer, massive heavyweight in the central banking world. former governor of the central bank of israel. was said to be a difference in opinion on what many people said was over forward guidance. we dig down a little bit. maybe things aren't so nuanced. has talked about time contingent guidance. without a crystal ball, how can you promise that? maybe he takes a qualitative approach. you might not get backlash. >> even if there were a clash, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. >> there is bound to be a difference of opinion. ,hen you are the deputy chair you want those two people on the same page. >> thanks. up next, it is a good time to be in flight? our next guest names easyjet as one of his top picks. ♪ to "countdown." i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. joining us now for a countdown to the european market open with some reaction to today's news, the etf capital head of tr

brainard is not confirmed. there is one more empty seat that has not been nominated. so, anything that they do today could get reversed. >> we are all over it. let's turn now to the situation on the markets, the standoff in crimea. standoffer killed in a as the fight for the peninsula moves from the halls of parliament to the battlefield. berlin.ins me now from david, many had hoped that the unrest would be settled once vladimir putin effectively got what he wanted. he seemingly did. but me ask you, is he more like a shark that smells blood? and european union do not stand up to him, will he make a play for something much larger? >> there is the possibility that he will do that, but not until the crimean situation is under his full control, which has not happened yet. although you did mention some of the tensions going on in the peninsula at the moment. many of the russian speakers in crimea now consider the peninsula to already be part of the russian federation, which is why they are looking at the ukrainian troops stationed there and thinking -- you are a foreign ar

frompresentative capuano, "the new york times," they had a hearing for stanley fischer, lael brainard and jerome powell to join janet yellen on the fed. what is congress's role when it comes to the fed? how much control do you have? control, not much, oversight -- a lot. . frank, we -- dodd frank, we wheeled them back. circumstances" could open up trillions of dollars worth of debt, we close back. if we find other problems, we will do it. the fed has a long history of relative success. that does not mean everything has been perfect. the economy -- everybody will tell you, every economist and every individual. in the equally shared slow improvement but everybody accepts that the economy is not heading down. most believe it is heading up. a little slower than we would like. the fed has played a role. host: do you agree with the ending of tapering? ?uest: tapering of qe yes. my hope is that it is done slowly. gotten intot have it, it would have been nice if people had had their eyes more firmly set. hopefully some of the things from dodd frank will prevent that from happening again. when

frompresentative capuano, "the new york times," they had a hearing for stanley fischer, lael brainard and jerome powell to join janet yellen on the fed. what is congress's role when it comes to the fed? how much control do you have? control, not much, oversight -- a lot. . frank, we -- dodd frank, we wheeled them back. circumstances" could open up trillions of dollars worth of debt, we close back. if we find other problems, we will do it. the fed has a long history of relative success. that does not mean everything has been perfect. the economy -- everybody will tell you, every economist and every individual. in the equally shared slow improvement but everybody accepts that the economy is not heading down. most believe it is heading up. a little slower than we would like. the fed has played a role. host: do you agree with the ending of tapering? ?uest: tapering of qe yes. my hope is that it is done slowly. gotten intot have it, it would have been nice if people had had their eyes more firmly set. hopefully some of the things from dodd frank will prevent that from happening again. when