Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Joe Biden has signed a sweeping pardon for his son Hunter Biden, reversing his previous stance that he would not use his executive powers to aid his son. (2) In an exclusive Bloomberg interview, France's Finance Minister Antoine Armand refuses to accept Marine Le Pen's demands for budget changes, saying the government won't be blackmailed. (3) Ireland is likely to return a coalition government...
Dec 02, 2024•22 min
Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US - a preview of the November jobs report and oil outlook. In the UK - a preview of Poland’s Presidential election. In Asia – a look at the impact of Donald Trump tariffs on China, and Bitcoin outlook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 30, 2024•39 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The world’s banks are on track to report the lowest revenue from foreign-exchange and rates trading since the pandemic, hit by tighter margins and a challenging macroeconomic backdrop. (2) Marine Le Pen’s National Rally set out further demands for changes to the French government’s 2025 budget bill after Prime Minister Michel Barnier dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession. (3) P...
Nov 29, 2024•17 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) French Finance Minister Antoine Armand said he is prepared to make concessions on the 2025 budget bill to avoid opposition parties toppling the government in the coming weeks. The prospect has pushed investors to sell French assets, driving up the country's borrowing costs compared with European peers. The rate on 10-year French notes matched Greece's for the first time on record on Thursday. (2) UK Cha...
Nov 28, 2024•21 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) France’s banking stocks slid as a potential government collapse and deepening political crisis unsettled investors. (2) The Biden administration is weighing additional curbs on sales of semiconductor equipment and AI memory chips to China that would escalate the US crackdown on Beijing’s tech ambitions but stop short of some stricter measures previously considered, according to people familiar with the ...
Nov 28, 2024•17 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Israel reached a deal for a 60-day cease-fire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah after weeks of talks mediated by the US, a first step toward ending a conflict that's killed thousands of people and opening the door to fresh peace initiatives in the Gaza Strip. (2) French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said the country faces "storm" in financial markets if an "unlikely but possible" alliance of la...
Nov 27, 2024•17 min
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed additional tariffs on China as well as US neighbors Canada and Mexico. Trump said he would impose additional 10% tariffs on goods from China and 25% tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada in posts to his Truth Social network on Monday. Former general counsel at the Office of the United States Trade Representative Jennifer Hillman says Trump announcing the plan before he’s in the office suggests he’s looking for Canada or Mexico to offer things to ne...
Nov 26, 2024•13 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President-elect Donald Trump vowed additional tariffs on China as well as US neighbors Canada and Mexico, roiling markets with his first specific threat to curb global trade flows since his election win. (2) The dollar rallied and shares dropped after President-elect Donald Trump said the US will impose additional tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, ratcheting up concerns about his “America First” poli...
Nov 26, 2024•17 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Firms across Britain are “in damage control” with nearly half planning to cut jobs after the Labour government’s tax-rising budget, according to the boss of the country’s most influential business lobby group. (2) The UK could claw back pension tax breaks from asset managers that fail to invest enough domestically, the head of the British Business Bank said in a warning about the stakes for the industry...
Nov 25, 2024•21 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to U.S GDP, and PCE data, and earnings from Macy’s. In the UK – a preview of the CBI's annual conference. In Asia – a look ahead to a meeting of the Bank of Korea and Trump-China trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Nov 23, 2024•39 min
(1) American defense firms should be alert for Russian actors sabotaging their operations at home and abroad as Moscow seeks to undermine support for Ukraine, US intelligence and national security agencies said Thursday. (2) Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to be US attorney general in a setback for Donald Trump. Gaetz's campaign later disclosed millions in payments to Stripe, drawing an FEC complaint by a campaign-finance advocacy group. Pam Bondi will be nominated instead. (3) Ken Griffi...
Nov 22, 2024•16 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Nvidia predicted fiscal fourth-quarter sales of about $37.5 billion. Though the average analyst estimate was $37.1 billion, projections ranged as high as $41 billion. (2) US prosecutors charged Gautam Adani with helping drive a $250 million bribery scheme, throwing the Indian t...
Nov 21, 2024•16 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Keir Starmer used his biggest international summit since becoming prime minister to say Britain was back and “looking outward to the world again.” Asserting a global role for his government proved more elusive. (2) Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is escalating after months of b...
Nov 20, 2024•20 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Hedge-fund titan Ken Griffin said he’s anxious about Donald Trump’s potential tariff policies, but that the US economy is going back to “the business of business” now that he’s returning to the White House. (2) The UK will have to balance any deal on tariffs offered by US Presi...
Nov 19, 2024•16 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The US is approaching a final decision to lift some restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western-made weapons to strike limited military targets in Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. (2) Xi Jinping used his final meeting with Joe Biden to send a clear message to ...
Nov 18, 2024•17 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a preview of Nvidia earnings and existing home sales. In the UK – a preview of the upcoming G20 summit. In Asia – a preview of the PBOC’s upcoming rate decision and also the G20 summit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 16, 2024•39 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the recent performance of the US economy has been “remarkably good,” giving central bankers room to lower interest rates at a careful pace. (2) Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves not to raise tariffs in retaliation to an expected wave of US-led protectionism, amid fears that President-elect Donald Trump wil...
Nov 15, 2024•16 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the UK will introduce legislation next year to pool £1.3 trillion ($1.7 trillion) of pension savings into a series of “megafunds,” as the new Labour government tries to deliver on its pledge to boost private investment and economic growth. (2) President-elect Donald Trump shocked Washington with his decision to nominate ultra-loyalist Matt Gaetz as his atto...
Nov 14, 2024•20 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency tasked to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” President-elect Donald Trump announced. (2) The expected appointment of officials with strong anti-China views to President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet was welcomed ...
Nov 13, 2024•21 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President-elect Donald Trump is poised to pick two men with track records of harshly criticizing China for key posts in his new administration, a sign relations between the superpowers may deteriorate further in coming years. Senator Marco Rubio — who has taken an aggressive stance on China's emergence as an economic power — is set to become the first sitting secretary of state to have been sanctioned b...
Nov 12, 2024•19 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President-elect Donald Trump said he will install Tom Homan, the former acting head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, as a “border czar” with oversight over immigration, maritime and aviation security. (2) Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the first phone conversation between the two men since Trump won the election, according to reporting in the Washin...
Nov 11, 2024•16 min
Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a preview of U.S CPI data and earnings from Walt Disney. In the UK – a preview of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves speech in London. In Asia – a look at the effects of Donald Trump's re-election on US-China relations, and a preview of Tencent earnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 09, 2024•40 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear he's ready to defend the US central bank from political pressure following the re-election of Donald Trump, saying he wouldn't resign if asked and insisting the incoming president doesn't have the power to fire him or other senior ...
Nov 08, 2024•16 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Donald Trump's return to the White House is adding fresh ammo to a decade-long investment strategy that echoes his "Make America Great Again" mantra in a replay of the 2016 playbook. (2) Vice President Kamala Harris told supporters to accept her election loss at the hands of Pr...
Nov 07, 2024•20 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Republican nominee Donald Trump is on the cusp of recapturing the White House, projected as the winner across pivotal battleground states with his party set to control the Senate and markets swinging in expectation of his likely triumph. (2) While Trump has not yet been declared the winner by most news outlets, he won Pennsylvania, puncturing Democrats’ Blue Wall and all but ending Democratic nominee Ka...
Nov 06, 2024•19 min
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Donald Trump and Kamala Harris concluded one of the most tumultuous and dramatic presidential campaigns in modern political history with dueling rallies late Monday, capping a furious final dash through battleground states that will decide the 2024 race. (2) Stocks failed to gain traction and bonds climbed, with polls continuing to depict a tight race in the US presidential election ahead of the Federal...
Nov 05, 2024•19 min
Be in the know this election with Bloomberg Podcasts. Follow Bloomberg News Now for up-to-the minute election results, all night long. And go deeper with The Big Take podcast, featuring in-depth global analysis of the US election every day this week. Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) A flurry of polls released Sunday show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain poised for a photo finish in this week's presi...
Nov 04, 2024•16 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US - a presidential election preview and FOMC Meeting In the UK - Bank of England decision preview In Asia - Japanese autos earnings See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 02, 2024•39 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves sought to reassure the financial markets after her budget on Wednesday triggered a selloff in UK bonds, saying that the “No. 1 commitment” of the Labour government is “economic and fiscal stability. (2) Apple heading into its most criti...
Nov 01, 2024•22 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered a massive package of tax hikes alongside plans to ramp up public investment in a historic first budget that aimed to revive the UK economy — but fell short of delivering a major boost to its growth prospects. (2) Labour's firs...
Oct 31, 2024•17 min
