About this episode
Netflix profits surged during the first quarter , global markets had a rocky week due to worries over US inflation, and India’s prime minister is getting a big boost from the business class in his re-election campaign. Mentioned in this podcast: Netflix profits surge on strong subscriber growth The great bet on rate cuts is off European stocks suffer worst day in nine months US to grow at double the rate of G7 peers this year, says IMF Jay Powell says US inflation ‘taking longer than expected’ to hit target Businesses bank on Narendra Modi election win to ease India’s bottlenecks Luxury au t omakers hit by Korea’s new neon green licence plate rule for company cars The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Denise Guerra, Cara Shillenn, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. 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.