this time, with the vice president of the commission, valdis dombrovskis:.in asked about europe. you just heard no contingency plan for europe, in case of a brexit. we will hear what valdis dombrovskis has to say. ♪ backed inflation slows but consumer gains rose. there is a lot to be scared about. george osborne's acceptance of the brexit threat. and ecb president mario draghi speaks of the forum this morning. welcome to "countdown." anna: i am anna edwards in london. a warm welcome to the program. let's get straight to the european equity futures. what do they tell us? it looks as if we will have a slight weakness to the thursday morning session. byo stocks will be weaker 0.2%. the ftse could be lower by rent 0.3%. wti -- let's check out the risk radar. we have the new zealand dollar hitting one year highs. the central bank expecting inflation to accelerate. the's almost burnishing idea of any further rate cuts to come from them. the dollar is down for the third day in a row. the new zealand yields trumping the u.s.. won in the middle of the screen there. y

he is joined by valdis dombrovskis. ryan: good morning.st interview with vice president dombrovskis since brexit. -- announced his resignation. mr. dombrovskis is going to take on in his intro. vice president, thank you so much. what happens now? do you anticipate that the british government will appoint a new commissioner for financial services? if theyat idea dead appoint a new commissioner it will be for something else? commissioner hill continues his work until the end of july. we are now in a process of .akeover so i am taking over happen as ofill 16th of july. ryan: here's a guy for the foreseeable future. balko the british valdis: the whether orvaldis: not they're going to nominate a new commissioner. is the president of the european commission which then proposes a specific post for a commissioner. ryan: we understand that italy is considering directly injecting funds into its banks. how would that work? valdis: we are monitoring the situation with the banking sector in italy. we are in touch with the authorities in regard to they

. >> eu commissioner valdis dombrovskis earlier today. joining us now is matt miller. what were some of the highlights from the forum? >> well, it has been really an amazing day. for me, as a new yorker, who's been watching this dramatic historic drama unfold, getting to come here to inner workings has been amazing. i got to watch mario speak for an hour. he's been asking for policymakers to give him fiscal help. he did say, he can control inflation with monetary stimulus. it would be quicker if he would get some cooperation from the governments of the european union. that was very interesting to hear. it was also interesting to hear all of the commissioners talking about how they would deal with the countries that aren't doing reforms quickly enough. the president of the european commission, has said, they doesn't feel in the past that he can push france hard enough. it's very difficult politically. on the oater other hand, they are demanding structural reforms of greece and withholding bail out money. i heard from a lot of people they are closer to completing that ba