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Hot topics of 2024 will smoulder into new year

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Inflation in the United States, a struggling Chinese economy and Boeing’s existential challenges were among the stories that dominated this year. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain why these issues – among others – will keep cropping up in 2025. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Because you bought your robot vacuum on your Barclay card, you got 0% interest for up to 24 months, which makes watching it, hypnotically sweeping up your crumbs, even more satisfying.

0:11.0

Oh, Mr. Bit. What you buy is your business. Helping you pay less interest is ours.

0:17.0

Barclay Card, make money work for you. Subject to financial status, new customers only.

0:22.4

Representative example, 24.9% APR representative variable, 24.9% purchase rate per annum based on

0:27.8

£1,200 credit limit tis and see supply. The views expressed on this podcast are those of the

0:33.2

participants, not of Rogers News.

0:47.4

We, not me, we will end inflation, we will stop the invasion of criminals coming into our country,

0:51.1

and we will bring back the American dream.

0:53.2

We're going to bring it back, We're going to bring it back.

1:03.2

And so I appeal directly to ministers and negotiators. Soften hard lines. Navigate a pass through your differences and keep your eyes on the bigger picture. Never forget what it is at stake. This is a cop to deliver

1:15.1

justice in the face of climate catastrophe. It's our last views room of the

1:24.2

year and what a year it has been. Inflation, China stimulus, the obesity drug

1:30.4

craze were all leading the headlines, as was Succession at J.P. Morgan, problems at Boeing,

1:36.2

and an upcoming IPO for fast fashion giant Sheehan. For the last views room episode of the year,

1:43.0

we're taking a look at these stories and asking why they were so fascinating and how they've moved on.

1:53.5

Welcome back to the Views Room, the weekly podcast that invites you, the listener, into a lively debate with Breaking Views columnists.

2:00.9

And I'm your host, Amy Donnellan.

2:03.0

And I'm Peter Farlarsson.

2:28.0

Thank you. So, Amy, it's been quite a year.

2:35.5

We're sort of looking back at some of the episodes that we had over the year that were the most popular with our listeners. It's quite a motley bunch of subjects, isn't it?

2:40.0

It is, absolutely. So there's things you can kind of bundle together so you could maybe

2:44.9

bundle the macroeconomic stuff, which was obviously the big story that very much led the US election, which was inflation

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