Is Indonesia’s Stock Market Becoming Uninvestable?

After a rare double downgrade warning from MSCI, Indonesia suffered its worst stock rout in nearly 30 years. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha speaks with Bloomberg Indonesia bureau chief Ben Otto about what dropping Southeast Asia’s largest economy from key global benchmarks would…

Grand Theft Auto VI Is Gaming’s Biggest Financial Bet

Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to set new records for the video game industry. But will potential billion-dollar sales of the title buoy an entire industry facing years of layoffs and lower returns on investment? On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier takes us inside the making o…

Kyla Scanlon’s ‘Shrugflation’ Triangle

Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady this week, host Sarah Holder sat down with author and economic commentator Kyla Scanlon to talk about who’s continuing to spend and borrow, who isn’t and what happens when consumer spending doesn’t equal consumer confidence.  Read more: …

Was the US Republicans' Redistricting Effort a Texas-Sized Mistake?

Republicans in Texas, hoping to lock in more seats in Congress, kicked off a redistricting frenzy that saw several other states redraw their congressional maps. Today on the show, host David Gura sits down with Bloomberg Texas Bureau Chief Julie Fine and Senior White House reporter Josh Wingrove to…

Anthropic's S-1

Anthropic’s initial public offering, set for November, will be the first by a company whose primary focus is developing frontier AI models. It could surpass SpaceX’s recent IPO as the biggest on record. And it’s risky. In 94 pages, the company laid out how its plans could be knocked off course by r…

Does France Answer to Its Citizens or the Bond Market?

France is caught between two powerful forces: protesters demanding that the government protect public services and social benefits and a bond market that can’t stomach the idea of France’s deficit getting any larger. But the fight over France’s budget is also reviving a longstanding debate at the…

Weekend Listen: Suhasini Haidar on Modi’s Challenges Trump Abroad and Gen Z at Home

India’s “Cockroach” protests have returned to the streets of Delhi, and just as the country faces intensifying challenges from abroad, including fallout from the Iran war and tensions with the US, China and Pakistan. In a conversation on the sidelines of Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in New Delhi …

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Referendum Has Arrived

For the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks, Israelis are headed to the polls. The race is seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is neck-and-neck with opponent Gadi Eisenkot in the latest polls.  On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Dan Williams examines the existentia…

Meta and Tesla Beat Expectations. So Why Are Investors Unimpressed?

Tesla disclosed this week that it had fallen short of its targets for AI infrastructure spending. Investors didn’t like that. Meta revealed its plans to lay out more than $800 billion on AI infrastructure over the next decade. Investors didn’t like that, either. On today’s Big Take podcast, why al…

Elon Musk Has Spent More Than $445 Million on the US Midterms

Amid the news that Elon Musk wants to merge Tesla and SpaceX, he has given $445 million to political races in the US midterms. That makes him one of the biggest-ever contributors in US history.   On today’s Big Take podcast, host David Gura talks to Dana Hull, who covers Musk, and campaign finance…