Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

Bloomberg Daybreak delivers today's top stories, with context, in just 15 minutes. Get informed from Bloomberg's 3,000 journalists and analysts.

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May 4, 2025 20 mins

Financial analysts were far more prepared than most CEOs for the US tariffs announced on April 2. Analysts, who serve as a proxy for the financial markets, anticipated tariffs would soon be an enormous issue, mentioning the topic 62% more often than did CEOs during Q1 earnings calls. That’s the conclusion of the second edition of the CEO Radar—a tool to help CEOs determine which issues truly deserve their time and atten...

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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 next week’s Fed decision and earnings from Walt Disney.
  • In the UK – a look ahead to the challenges facing Germany’s next Chancellor.
  • In Asia – a look ahead to a look ahead to economic data in China.

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(1) Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has won a key parliamentary by-election following a recount, in a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, fueling concerns in his Labour Party that he’s failing to slow the rise of the populist right.

(2) China said it is assessing the possibility of trade talks with the US, the first ...

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(1) The US and Ukraine reached a deal over access to the country’s natural resources, offering a measure of assurance to officials in Kyiv who had feared that President Donald Trump would pull back his support in peace talks with Russia.

(2)  Meta quelled Wall Street concerns about the impact of the Trump administration’s trad...

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(1) President Donald Trump renewed criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as he championed his economic policies and tariff regime during a Tuesday event to mark his 100th day in office.

(2) Trump also said China deserved the steep tariffs he imposed on their exports and predicted Beijing could find a way to reduce their impact...

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(1) Canada’s Liberal Party is projected to win a fourth consecutive election, giving a mandate to former central banker Mark Carney after a campaign in which he pledged to boost economic growth and stand up to US President Donald Trump in a trade war.


(2) Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early ...

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(1) Foreign investors who bought US stocks and dollars are facing significant losses due to the decline in the S&P 500 and the dollar's value.

(2) President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught has roiled Washington and Wall Street for nearly a month. If the trade war persists, the next upheaval will hit much closer to home.

(3) The ...

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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 April jobs report and big tech earnings.
  • In the UK – a look ahead to local elections.
  • In Asia – a look ahead to China PMI data.

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(1) Donald Trump’s tariffs and a barrage of rising domestic bills sent UK household confidence to its lowest level since the Labour government came to power.

(2) President Donald Trump said his administration was talking with China on trade, after Beijing denied the existence of negotiations on a deal and demanded th...

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(1) Confronted with fresh warnings from financial markets, business leaders and top advisers, President Donald Trump this week eased off on two of his frequent punching bags: Jerome Powell and China.He turned down his aggressive rhetoric a day after meeting with executives from Walmart Inc., Home Depot Inc. and Target Corp., who said import ta...

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(1) President Donald Trump said he had no intention of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell despite his frustration with the central bank not moving more quickly to slash interest rates.

(2) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a closed-door investor summit Tuesday that the tariff standoff with China cannot be su...

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(1) President Donald Trump warned the US economy may slow if the Federal Reserve does not move to immediately reduce interest rates, in his latest broadside against Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

(2) Stocks and bonds fluctuated, and a gauge of the dollar headed for a fourth day of losses as little progress in tariff negotiations...

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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 home sales data and Tesla earnings.
  • In the UK – a look ahead to how companies across Europe and beyond are preparing to share their latest financial performances with the market.
  • In Asia – a look ahead to how some Chinese companies are looking to skirt U.S President D...
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(1) US investors could be forced to offload around $800 billion of Chinese equities “in an extreme scenario” of financial decoupling between the world’s two largest economies, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. estimates.

(2)  The Trump administration is preparing to pressure nations to curb trade with China in negotiations over US tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter.

(3) Federal Reserve C...

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(1) China’s economy showed surprising strength in early 2025 with a sharp uptick in March, though a trade impasse with Donald Trump has prompted calls for stimulus to offset the tariff shock.

(2) President Donald Trump called on China to reach out to him in order to kick off negotiations aimed at resolving the escalating trade fight betw...

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(1) “The president has been very clear that he’s willing to talk to his counterpart,” US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer tells Fox News about Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

(2) President Donald Trump’s administration pressed forward with plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor and ...

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(1) President Donald Trump pledged he will still apply tariffs to phones, computers and popular consumer electronics, downplaying a weekend exemption as a procedural step in his overall push to remake US trade.

(2) Strategists at Goldman Sachs Group cut their targets for key Chinese stock indexes for a second time this month, citing heighte...

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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 Retail sales and earnings from Netflix.
  • In the UK – a look ahead to next week’s ECB meeting.
  • In Asia – a look ahead to earnings from TSMC.

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(1) Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump backtracked on his once-in-a-century trade war to prevent a meltdown in financial markets, frantic selloffs hit US stocks, bonds and the dollar yet again as fears of a worldwide recession engulfed Wall Street.

(2) The dollar extended losses after its biggest plunge in thr...

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(1) President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs that hit dozens of trade partners after midnight, while raising duties on China to 125%.

 
(2) Five gut-wrenching days after Donald Trump’s America-versus-the-world trade war threw stock and bond markets around the globe into disarray, he backpedaled an...

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