About this episode
Elon Musk has urged the U.S. government to scrap entire agencies to save up to $1tn as part of his DOGE bureaucracy revision. Markets are spooked after a hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation print with the 10-year Treasury yield nudging past 4.6 per cent. We hear from billionaire investor Ray Dalio who says he is concerned over inflated asset prices coupled with the threat of rising rates. President Trump has announced he held a lengthy phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin about beginning negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Commerzbank posts record Q4 profits which have surged by 6 per cent to €11bn. Siemens beats revenue growth expectations in the first quarter despite a slump in orders at the company’s mobility unit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .