FT News Briefing

By: Financial Times
  • Summary

  • A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Financial Times
    Show more Show less
Episodes
  • How Italy could decide the EU’s response to tariffs
    Apr 7 2025

    The UK plans to introduce a lighter regulatory regime for private equity and hedge funds, and Italy may block an EU plan to respond to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Plus, popular ‘private browsing’ apps hosted by Apple and Google may violate American sanctions, and the trade war has triggered the biggest sell-off in the US junk bond market since 2020.


    Mentioned in this podcast:

    Apple and Google app stores host VPNs linked to sanctions-hit Chinese group

    Britain to dilute rules for private equity and hedge funds

    Meloni under pressure to back EU ‘bazooka’ against Trump tariffs

    Tariffs spark US junk bond sell-off as recession risk mounts


    The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from 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

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    11 mins
  • Swamp Notes: The costs of Trump’s tariffs
    Apr 5 2025

    This week the US imposed new tariffs on most of the world. The FT’s US national editor Ed Luce joins us to analyze why they are baffling economists and worrying markets. Ed’s take? The US is taking itself out of the globalised economic system it built, and the consequences could be grave.


    Mentioned in this podcast:


    Donald Trump’s beautiful trade war

    Trump tracker: US tariffs

    Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here


    Swamp Notes is produced by Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    14 mins
  • Trump’s tariffs rattle global markets
    Apr 4 2025

    US President Donald Trump’s tariffs caused a global market sell-off on Thursday. Now, there are concerns that these levies will push the US into a recession. We speak to the FT’s senior markets correspondent Ian Smith and our economics editor Sam Fleming about the repercussions.


    Mentioned in this podcast:

    Dollar drops as Donald Trump’s tariffs stoke economic fears

    Bling, bags and booze fall victim to Trump’s trade war

    Will Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs drag US into recession?


    The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from 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

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Show more Show less
    11 mins

What listeners say about FT News Briefing

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Love it.

Offers a summary for good to know facts happening around the world. Very informative.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Low Energy

The host Marc is good, with good energy but a lot of the reporters are low energy!! They sound like they are on antidepressants for God's sake!! Get rid of them or give them some Red Bull!@ They are killing the show!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!