michael gapen has his take. "worldwide exchange" will be right back.hanks for loading, sweetie. ...oh, burnt-on gravy? ...gotta rinse that. nope. no way. nada. really? dish issues? throw it all in. new cascade platinum powers through... even burnt-on gravy. nice. cascade. >>> welcome back. one big question on envesters mis investors minds is can the trump achieve 3% growth? >> i will not contradict ben bernanke per se, but i think that the economy could grow at a faster rate than its growing. i think that our expectation will be plus or minus around 2%. i don't know whether that's 2.5% is the goal or 3%. but i'm not going to fight with that. >> joining us now is barkley's managing director, michael gapen. good morning. >> good morning. >> we're all wondering what this rebound will look like in the second quarter after a weak first quarter. what signals are you getting on that front as it relates to that discussion about where we head on growth? >> i think we got three very good indicators last week. one was the employment report, the second was auto sa

jonathan: we want to thank michael gave in -- michael gapen for joining us.ss, the author of 12 books, most recently "the world in disarray." coming up, an exclusive interview with david abney, the ups ceo as we count you down to the opening bell. futures are just a little bit soft. .he dow downs 2/10 on the s&p from new york, you are watching bloomberg tv. ♪ ♪ jonathan: president trump targets of the german trade surplus. things just got a whole lot interesting first early trade. the polls continue to narrow. shape ofetary markets the messy global politics. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq -- from new york city, good morning . a warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak. i am jonathan ferro alongside david westin. we continue to count you down to the opening bell. softer following a six-day winning streaks. down around .2%. crude rolling over once again. that is the story in the market. let's get you up to speed on what is making headlines outside the business world. the group of seven gathered in sicily for a two-day summit. primest, italy's minister, is focusing the ev