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Episode Synopsis
US inflation fell sharply to 3 per cent in June, the $1.35tn US junk bond market has shrunk by almost $200bn since its all-time peak in late 2021, and tensions started to boil over during Nato’s two-day summit. Mentioned in this podcast:US inflation slows to 3% as interest rate rises biteUS junk bond market shrinks as rising rates put off borrowers‘We’re not Amazon’: tensions with Ukraine surface at Nato summitThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monica Lopez, Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. 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.
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