Waller Backs Fed Cut Now, 1000% Return BOE Bet, Looking For G-20 Friends

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said policymakers should cut interest rates this month to support a labor market that is showing signs of weakness. (2) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell…

Trump 'Testing Markets' On Powell's Job , €2T EU Budget Rejected, Failing UK Water Industry

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Once again, President Donald Trump demonstrated his power to shake up global financial markets. This time, by returning to one of his favorite topics: whether to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. …

France In ‘Mortal Danger’, Ring-Fencing Shake Up, Prime Brokerage Rush

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two national holidays, part of a drastic effort to repair public finances that’s set to unleash a parliamentary backlash in the fall. (2) Chancel…

Reeves Faces The City, Nvidia's China Surprise, EU Targets Boeing & Bourbon

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will highlight plans to spur homeownership by easing access to mortgages in her flagship annual address to the City of London, a key moment for Britain’s finance…

EU Preps US Counter Measures, Safe Havens Rise, Swedish Fighter Jets

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The EU is preparing to step up its engagement with other countries hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs following a slew of new threats to the bloc and other US trading partners, according to people familiar wi…

Update: Trump Touts 20% Levy, Europe Is 'Losing', UK GDP Drops Again

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump threatened a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and raised the prospect of increasing levies on most other countries, ramping up his trade rhetoric in comments that weighed on sto…

Blanket Tariff Hike Plan, Dimon: EU Is Losing, Santander’s Rising Star

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump threatened a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and raised the prospect of increasing levies on most other countries, ramping up his trade rhetoric in comments that weighed on stocks…

Brazil’s Currency Plunges, EU Damage Control, Money In Every Mile

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods sent the country’s currency plunging as the US leader sharply escalated a dispute with Latin America’s largest nation and leftist leader L…

Turmoil in Copper Markets, Airbus Wins As Ferrari Loses, 10 Firms To Watch

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) US President Donald Trump sowed fresh chaos in metals markets with news of a higher-than-expected 50% tariff on copper imports, spurring a record spike in US futures and a drop in the global benchmark.…

Tariff Deadline ‘Not 100% Firm’, UK To Ban NDAs, Schroder Family Defining Moment

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump unveiled the first in a wave of promised letters that threaten to impose higher tariff rates on key trading partners, but suggested that he was still open to additional negotiati…