Emerging markets’ surprising performance
Summary
This episode of the FT News Briefing covers several key economic stories. It begins with the Federal Reserve's concerns about tariffs impacting inflation and employment. Then explores the unexpected outperformance of emerging markets compared to U.S. stocks. The briefing also discusses the drop in UK inflation and potential interest rate cuts, concluding with challenges in the chip industry due to trade tensions and market uncertainty.Episode description
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell is warning that US tariffs are ‘likely’ to put at risk the central bank’s goals of keeping prices and unemployment in check, and chipmakers are reeling from a tough week. Plus, UK inflation fell more than expected to 2.6 per cent in March and the FT’s Aiden Reiter explains why emerging markets are doing surprisingly well in all this market volatility.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Trump tariffs put Fed’s jobs and inflation goals at risk, Powell says
Unhedged: Emerging markets’ unexpected outperformance after “liberation day”
ASML’s chipmaking machine orders disappoint amid tariff uncertainty
UK inflation falls more than expected to 2.6% in March
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Michela Tindera, Katie McMurran, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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