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Jan 2025
10m 23s

Markets brace for Trump-era volatility

Financial Times
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Netflix added a record 19mn subscribers in the fourth quarter, fuelled by live sports. US stocks rallied while currencies swung the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, and TikTok-owner ByteDance plans to spend $12bn on AI chips in 2025. Plus, Chinese citizens’ doubts grow over the government’s economic growth claims.  


Mentioned in this podcast:

Netflix shares jump as it adds record number of subscribers 

Wall Street stocks climb as investors parse Donald Trump’s executive orders 

TikTok-owner ByteDance plans to spend $12bn on AI chips in 2025 

Chinese citizens’ doubts grow over official economic growth claims

 

The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, 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.


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