It is vital for officials and regulators to have input from people within our businesses who understand the intricacies of how financial markets operate and the consequences of certain policy decisions.

Abenomics, quantitative easing, fiscal policy - we know all the issues.

Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.

We continued to build the business, even in the worst of times. We do business all over America.

We see very broad-based, moderate, growth. Most of the sectors are quite strong. I don't see any major potholes, and I believe [the economy] is strengthening.

I wanted to start by saying that the eurozone - there are two reasons they formed the European Union. One is for political peace and rationalization. And I think that's a good thing for a continent that went through hundreds of years of wars.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.