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breaking news columnists about the ups and downs of the world of finance.

I'm Jennifer Sabah.

As we close out the year, we're going to try something a little different.

My colleagues around the globe have peered into their crystal balls,

and we're going to try and figure out what's in store for next year.

For the next three weeks, you'll be hearing this on our podcasts.

So please take a listen.

It's the most wonderful time of the year. And for breaking views, that means more than just the holiday season. It means it's time for us to publish our predictions for the coming

12 months. I'm here with Quentin Webb, who's our Asia Financial Editor and this year's editor of our predictions book.

Quentin, why don't you let our listeners maybe new to predictions, kind of give them a sense of why we pull these together, what they're all about, what are we trying to accomplish here?

Well, I think the end of the year or the start of the New Year is a natural time to kind of take stock and think about what's coming up ahead.

I think also for breaking views writers, we sometimes get too kind of stuck in the moment.

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