Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

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 next week’s Fed decision and U.S tech earnings. In the UK – a preview of next week’s ECB decision. In Asia – a preview of next week’s RBA decision and a look at U.S-China trade relations. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump said he’d prefer not to have to impose tariffs on China, his latest dovish remark toward the world’s second-biggest economy even as he continues to threaten sweeping action.   (2) President Donald Trump signed executive actions related to cryptocurrency and artifici...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said any effective peacekeeping force deployed in Ukraine will need to include US troops, as he appealed to Donald Trump ahead of talks with Russia.   (2) A Russian spy ship entered British waters twice in recent weeks, prompting the UK to deploy Royal Navy ships, Royal...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump said his threat to hit China with 10% tariffs on all imports was still on the table and indicated it could come as soon as next month. (2) SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle are forming a $100 billion joint venture to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure, an effort unveiled with Pr...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump said he planned to impose previously threatened tariffs of as much as 25% on Mexico and Canada by Feb. 1, reiterating his contention that America’s two immediate neighbors are letting undocumented migrants and drugs flood into the country. (2) President Donald Trump held off u...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) US President-elect Donald Trump will sign close to 100 executive orders within hours of taking office, he says at a pre-inauguration dinner in Washington DC. (2) A long-delayed ceasefire in the Gaza war began taking hold as Hamas released three hostages on Sunday in exchange for 90 Palestinians held in Is...

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 what comes next for the U.S economy when Donald Trump takes office, and Netflix earnings. In the UK – a preview of the World Economic Forum in Davos. In Asia -  a preview on whether Donald Trump will make good on his threats toward China. See...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said an agreement with Hamas to pause the war in Gaza has been finalized, suggesting it’s on track to begin on Sunday. (2) China’s economy hit the government’s growth goal last year after an 11th hour stimulus blitz and export boom turboch...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of reneging on parts of a ceasefire agreement that looked set to pause more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza, risking completion of the long-awaited deal. (2) Britain’s economy narrowly returned to growth in November but fell short of expecta...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal that calls for releasing dozens of hostages and bringing a temporary halt to the war in the Gaza Strip that has killed tens of thousands of people in the last 15 months and touched off broader turmoil across the Middle East. (2) Wall Street breathed a sigh of re...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) South Korean investigators arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday after launching a pre-dawn operation to bring the impeached leader in for questioning over his short-lived martial law declaration. (2) The UK’s City minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the government following an ethics review...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The UK is set to get an indication of investor appetite for gilts, with its first bond sale since turmoil gripped the market last week. (2) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he has “full confidence” in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and stressed that his government would stick to...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves returns to the UK from China on Monday with the Labour Party keen to brush off market turmoil around its fiscal difficulties and emphasise the government’s long-term ambitions. (2) Traders in the options market are preparing for the pound to tumble as much a...

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 at U.S eco data and bank earnings next week. In the UK – a focus on a UK asset slump and what may come next. In Asia – a look at BYD and the EV sector and what comes next in the U.S, Nippon Steel saga. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is struggling to maintain financial market confidence, with the 10-year gilt yield rising to its highest since 2008 and the pound falling to its weakest in over a year. (2) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will become the most senior British official to visit Beijing i...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Plunging UK markets are serving a fresh warning about the British economy and heaping pressure on Keir Starmer’s embattled Labour government. (2)  Britain’s latest bond turmoil has drawn comparisons with the Liz Truss mini-budget debacle of 2022 but a parallel with the debt crisis of the...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) In the space of an hour, President-elect Donald Trump called for absorbing Canada, declined to rule out using military force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, demanded NATO allies spend 5% of GDP on defense and vowed “all hell would break loose” in the Middle East if Hamas doesn’t...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, said he’s considering entering the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister. (2) Senior politicians in three of Britain’s biggest parties have privately urged Donald Trump’s allies to recon...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Prime Minister Keir Starmer got a taste of the topsy-turvy politics of the coming Trump era as his government spent the weekend defending itself from attacks from Elon Musk, only to see the billionaire provocateur turn on his erstwhile British ally, Nigel Farage. (2) UK business confidence has dropped to...

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 December jobs report and Delta Airlines earnings. In the UK – a preview of the food and culture scene in the UK next year. In Asia – a preview of what to expect from China’s economy and the automobile sector in 2025. See omnystudio...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Investigators say they haven’t found evidence linking separate deadly attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, as the FBI continues to probe two incidents that rattled Americans as they rang in 2025. (2) South Korean anti-corruption investigators failed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) A gruesome attack on revelers celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans thrust US domestic security back into the spotlight less than a month before Donald Trump is sworn in as president. (2) Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel on Wednesday as a p...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The US Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress on Monday. (2) China’s services activity expanded at the fastest pace in nine months while the manufacturing sector grew for a t...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Jimmy Carter, the former Georgia peanut farmer who as US president brokered a historic and lasting peace accord between Israel and Egypt in a single term marred by soaring inflation, an oil shortage and Iran’s holding of American hostages, has died. He was 100. (2) Investigators probing the cause of...

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 at what the Federal Reserve accomplished in 2024 and what to expect in 2025. In the UK – a look at what's on the horizon for Europe's stock market. In Asia – a look at some of the potential themes for Asian markets in the year ahead.  See omn...