Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) As the pace of wealthy individuals leaving London quickens, the numbers are starting to stack up: Labour’s flagship “tax the rich” policy risks becoming a net drain on the UK economy. (2) Rachel Reeves will pump billions of pounds into areas outside London as the Labour government tries...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will defend her fiscal choices and trumpet billions of pounds of infrastructure investment in the UK spending review on Wednesday, as Keir Starmer’s government seeks to regain momentum after a faltering first year in power. (2) The US and China agreed to a p...

On today's podcast: (1) UK employment plunged by the most in five years and wage growth slowed more than forecast, as the labor market deteriorated after Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves ramped up the cost of hiring. (2) The Trump administration escalated its response to anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles with the mobilization of 700 Marines, deploying active-duty military on the gr...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The Trump administration escalated its response to anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles with the mobilization of 700 Marines, deploying active-duty military on the ground and deepening tensions with California officials.   (2) Trade talks between the US and China will continue into a second day,...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Tensions flared in Los Angeles on the third day of anti-deportation protests, as demonstrators clashed with law enforcement while President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom exchanged blame over the unrest and responsibility for restoring order. (2) The US and China are set to resume trade...

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 CPI and PPI data and Tesla’s Robotaxi launch. In the UK – a look ahead to London’s Tech Summit. In Asia – a look ahead to readings on Chinese exports, as well industrial production and retail sales. See omnystudio.com/list...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Differences between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded Thursday into an all-out public feud.   (2) Tesla’s shares sank as Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s simmering feud devolved into a public war of words between two of the world’s most powerful people. (3) US P...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that bans individuals from 12 countries from entering the US, reinstating one of the most controversial measures from his first term after an attack in Colorado that targeted an event supporting Israeli hostages. (2) Elon Musk is on a mission to block President...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump has raised steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% from 25%, following through on a pledge to boost US import taxes to help domestic manufacturers. (2) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi used his first meeting with new US Ambassador David Perdue to co...

As fighting in Ukraine drags on and Donald Trump demands that Europe take greater responsibility for its own security, the UK is confronting the hard reality of rebuilding its military strength. The challenge lies in overcoming years of underinvestment, failed contracts, and recruitment struggles. While European allies are pledging billions of euros to boost domestic defense manufacturing, the UK...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Donald Trump’s combative trade policies have tipped the world economy into a downturn, with the US among the hardest hit, the OECD said. The Paris-based organization slashed its global forecasts for the second time this year, citing the impact of the American president’s tariff onslaught.&nbsp...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) US President Donald Trump is eager to land more trade deals, but talks with China and Europe continue to languish amid communications breakdowns and fresh tariff threats.  (2) Treasuries began June on the back foot with 30-year bond yields testing the 5% level as concerns over President Donald Trump&...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Ukraine staged a dramatic series of strikes across Russia, deploying drones hidden in trucks deep inside the country to hit strategic airfields as far away as eastern Siberia. (2) The UK will create an “always on” munitions production capacity to allow it to scale-up its defense industry when...

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 the U.S jobs report. In the UK – a look ahead to the ECB’s monetary policy decision. In Asia – a look ahead to economic data in Vietnam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) A federal appeals court offered President Donald Trump a temporary reprieve from a ruling threatening to throw out the bulk of his sweeping tariff agenda, giving at least some hope to a White House now facing substantial new restrictions on its effort to rewrite the global trading order. (2) US Treasury S...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The vast majority of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the US trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of his economic agenda. (2) US assets got a boost Thursday after a vast majority of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal a...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) For decades, Asia’s export powerhouses had a simple financial strategy: Sell goods to the US, then invest the proceeds in American assets. (2)  Investors are on tenterhooks Wednesday for an auction of 40-year Japanese government bonds as volatility in the nation’s yields continues to rumb...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car ploughed into a crowd of people during Liverpool's Premier League victory parade. Merseyside Police said the suspect was white, British and from the Liverpool area. (2) The European Union said it agreed to accelerate negotiations with the US to avoid a trans...

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 GDP and personal spending data, and Nvidia earnings. In the UK – a look ahead to Poland's Presidential run off election. In Asia – a look ahead to the upcoming Bank of Korea decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The Trump Administration blocked Harvard University from enrolling international students, delivering a major blow to the school and escalating its fight with elite colleges to unprecedented levels.   (2) Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers blasted the Trump administration’s decision...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Cyril Ramaphosa came to the White House looking to persuade President Donald Trump to stop floating the conspiracy theory that there’s a genocide against White people in South Africa. Instead, the man who’d helped negotiate the end of apartheid walked into a trap. (2) Two members of...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Oil jumped following a CNN report that new US intelligence suggests Israel is preparing for a potential strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. (2) European and UK officials ratcheted up pressure on Israel over its latest offensive in Gaza, expanding the international outcry over the humanitarian crisis cau...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) After two hours talking with Putin, Trump said on social media that Ukraine and Russia would “immediately start negotiations” toward a ceasefire — but possibly without the US. There was no sanctions threat, no demand for a time-line, and no pressure on the Russian leader.   (2) Prim...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) UK and European Union negotiators worked into Sunday evening in a bid to reset post-Brexit relations under Keir Starmer’s new Labour government ahead of a summit in London. (2) Investors faced yet another bumpy start to the trading week with US assets coming under fresh pressure, although it’s...

We wanted to bring you an episode from another podcast we think you'd like. Here's a special episode from our UK Politics team. The UK is hugely dependent on overseas workers in the social-care sector, supporting the elderly, vulnerable and disabled. After a year-long investigation, Bloomberg has uncovered how potential migrants are being conned out of millions of pounds. Our trade and migration c...