i think it was a rather daring statement by thomas piketty. this man is helping them deal with the media. accident? in his opinion, it could all be conspiracy. >> i think they are mistreating the greeks in europe but i think the eurozone as a rule is not doing well. even in germany the growth right now is less than what it is outside the eurozone. i think, overall, the eurozone countries have basically transformed the crisis which came from the private financial sector because of bad institutions. manus: the little bit of sound i did want to bring to you there goes to bloomberg business. you will be able to see the entire of interview. he basically said, i think brussels along with germany has got an agenda of where they might be trying to push and shove the greeks. that is the essence of it. also, a few issues about the eurozone overall. anna: manus, thank you very much. for more on greece, we are joined by ubs group's senior economic adviser. george, good to see you. greece has made a payment of the imf according to the finance ministry offi

grad student just took town thomas piketty's theory. oil prices could tumble next year if sanctions are lifted following a final nuclear deal with iran. we will take into the oil markets. why more automakers are moving their headquarters to the big apple. ed niedermayer joins in the next hour to talk about my favorite subject, cars. a new deal creates an oil and gas mega giant. royal dutch shell is brining -- is buying the bg group. the deal is worth $70 billion. the new company will be the second biggest in the global oil and gas industry. the sale price represents a 50% premium above bg's closing price. >> the way we would look at that is if you look at the carbonation of the companies what we could do with the assets that bg has, we saw a lot more value in that combination. matt: it is the industry's egg is to deal in at least a decade -- biggest deal in at least a decade. some traffic controllers are not showing up for work. about 40% of french flights are being canceled. air france says most of its long-haul flights will take off a

grad student just took town thomas piketty's theory. next year if sanctions are lifted following a final nuclear deal with iran. we will take into the oil markets. why more automakers are moving their headquarters to the big apple. ed niedermayer joins in the next hour to talk about my favorite subject, cars. a new deal creates an oil and gas mega giant. royal dutch shell is brining -- is buying the bg group. the deal is worth $70

thomas piketty became an international bestseller the absolutely nobody read.and politicians in the european union forcing greece out of the euro area. >> i think they are mistreating the greeks in europe but they are also mistreating themselves, which is the euro zone a ruler is not doing well. in germany, the euro is less than -- matt: i don't know which is more interesting, his view on greece or thomas piketty. amazon looked at bookmarks and son nobody had gotten past page 70. joe: i didn't even start it. i read a few articles about it. i am not surprised he has this view. they have taken the approach the u.s. has which is more on monetary eating. it doesn't do tends for the economy but stocks and asset prices are skyhigh. leslie: i did not redo book. i don't have it. -- i did not read the book, i don't have it. rita page 70 at least. matt: let us get a check to where futures have settled. not a lot of movement. this has been a trend the last few days. we will take a quick break and be back with our number one story. ♪ matt: welcome back to in the loop. let

we have an exclusive interview from thomas piketty who says bruzzles is pushing greece out of the eurozone. ♪ [office phone chatter] [frogs croaking] you know what, let me call you back. what are you doing?! [scream] [frogs croaking] [yelling and screaming] it's back! xfinity watchathon week. the biggest week in television history. it's your all-access binge-watching pass to tv's hottest shows, free with xfinity on demand. xfinity watchathon week. now through april 12th. perfect for people who really love tv. mark: you are watching "countdown." time for your foreign exchange scheck on the day. the bank of eng slant expected to keep interest rates unchanged for the 73rd month. let's look at the pound against the dollar. down 11.5%. in that period, the sterling has fallen. to an almost five-year low of 137.44. july 2, was an almost six-year high. how the fortunes of sterling have changed since then. barring any surprises, david cameron will be the first british prime minister since 1950 to serve a full term in office with no change in borrowing costs. rates have been at .5% here since march