Episode 23: Kill A Mosquito, Help The Global Economy

Episode 23: Kill A Mosquito, Help The Global ...

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How the Powell Probe Could Blow Up Trump’s Fed Plans

Host Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg’s head of government and economics, is joined by Anna Wong, chief US economist for Bloomberg Economics, and Bloomberg News senior Washington correspondent Saleha Mohsin to unpack the political backlash sparked by the Trump administration's crimi ...  Show more

What Trump's Venezuela Attack Means for the Global Economic Order

This week, Stephanie Flanders examines the economic fallout of the US attack on Venezuela and Washington asserting effective control over the South American country. The discussion focuses on what this means for global oil markets, US economic power and the rules-based internatio ...  Show more

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