Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings.

I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.

The Trump administration's economic agenda is the right agenda. Corporate taxes have been driving capital and brains and companies overseas for a decade. It has caused huge damage in investment and jobs and productivity. It was a mistake. We have to fix it. Counterintuitively, that usually helps middle-class wages, and lower-class wages, and job formation.

More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.

It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].

I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

Look, in any system, you want highly ethical people who really understand issues to form policies and make tough decisions. You need all the right people in the room. But there's a general view in Washington now by many politicians that if you ever were on this side, you're conflicted for being on that side.