Viewsroom
Breakingviews columnists talk about the big numbers, crunchy deals and nasty spats in global business and economics, offering a weekly dose of financial insight that goes beyond the concise and provocative views readers get from our columns every day.
Episodes
January 22, 2026 • 21 mins
Diverging fates for copper and coal open opportunities for industry-reshuffling M&A, led by Glencore and Rio Tinto’s mulled $215 bln tie-up. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists debate whether it will happen, or if egos and fear of past failure will reign.
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January 14, 2026 • 22 mins
The extraordinary US incursion into Venezuela and threats over Greenland have made clear President Trump’s intent to rule by world-spanning whim. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists debate the logic of belligerence and what it means for historic allies.
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January 7, 2026 • 23 mins
To kick off 2026, the team penned wide-ranging predictions for the year ahead, from a potential flashpoint in Poland to turning defunct data centers into pickleball courts. In this Viewsroom episode, Breakingviews columnists discuss their favourite prognostications.
Gain and pain will battle for leading role in 2026
Breakingviews Predictions 2026 – Far Side of the Boom
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December 17, 2025 • 20 mins
The world’s second-largest economy posted a record $1 trln trade surplus for the first 11 months of 2025. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how Beijing’s plan to make high-end tech goods has paid off, and why a US trade war could spoil the party.
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December 10, 2025 • 19 mins
The storied movie studio has inked mega-mergers with Time, AOL, AT&T and Discovery. All ended poorly. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists discuss its latest $83 bln deal with Netflix, a gatecrash bid from a rival, and whether a happier ending could be in store.
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December 3, 2025 • 21 mins
President Trump is pushing to broker an end to Russia’s deadly invasion, on terms that have caused alarm in Europe. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss what a truce would mean for markets, and why they won’t just go back to normal.
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November 26, 2025 • 18 mins
Titans such as Google, Meta, Oracle and Amazon may spend $600 bln in 2026 on data centres. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain why juicy profits will not be enough to fund their rapid expansion. But raising debt will only extend contagion risk.
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November 19, 2025 • 22 mins
Finance minister Rachel Reeves, seeking to bridge a 20 bln pound budget gap to meet byzantine rules, is already wavering on raising income taxes and other policies. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss what to expect and why the economic picture is so glum.
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November 13, 2025 • 30 mins
From the dot-com bust to the 2008 crisis to the AI mania, our columnists have seen and shaped the conversation about the biggest moments in finance. In this anniversary edition of Viewsroom, they reflect on continuity and change in a quarter-century of agenda-setting insight.
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November 5, 2025 • 21 mins
Tech giants in the world’s second largest economy are rapidly rolling out new machine learning models at a fraction of the price of US rivals. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain how this cheaper offering may give Beijing more soft power globally.
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October 29, 2025 • 27 mins
President Javier Milei’s party stormed to victory in midterm elections, helping to secure $20 bln or more of US support. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how the iconoclast’s somewhat conventional economic plan might nonetheless struggle from here.
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October 22, 2025 • 17 mins
The world’s two largest economies are ratcheting up tensions amid a tussle over access to rare earths and chips. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain why both sides need to give ground, what a deal might look like, and what happens if it all falls apart.
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October 16, 2025 • 21 mins
In many cases, the market charges nearly triple what others do, a discrepancy that has put President Trump on the warpath. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how Americans subsidize novel treatments and how tricky it will be to spread the burden.
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October 9, 2025 • 20 mins
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund and private equity firm Silver Lake are pouring vast resources into their $55 bln acquisition of the ‘FC’ videogame developer. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how the record deal turns received M&A wisdom on its head.
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October 2, 2025 • 28 mins
The Supreme Court will rule whether Donald Trump can fire Governor Lisa Cook in a test of the president’s powers over the central bank. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explore the consequences for the US economy and markets if the Fed loses its independence.
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September 25, 2025 • 23 mins
A $100,000 fee for hiring skilled foreign workers sent panic through tech giants like Google and Microsoft, whose own CEOs once used the H-1B program. In this week’s Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate the plan’s merits and how it clashes with other economic aims.
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September 18, 2025 • 25 mins
Anglo American’s $50 bln agreed merger with Teck Resources reignites the fitful quest by big extractors to join forces in the hunt for metal essential to the energy boom. In this week’s Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate the likely consequences.
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September 10, 2025 • 25 mins
The shock success of GLP-1 treatments for obesity carries massive implications for wealthy societies and manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly alike. In this week’s Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how this would-be jackpot has companies running to keep up.
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September 3, 2025 • 22 mins
Bleak finances, surging far-right support and a key vote that could topple Prime Minister François Bayrou: long-simmering instability in the No. 2 euro zone economy may boil over. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists debate what it means for the bloc’s future.
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August 13, 2025 • 17 mins
As President Trump prepares to meet Vladimir Putin, an effort to punish Indian purchases of Russian crude complicates a delicate post-war supply balance. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists discuss how traders view this crucial pincer moment.
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