A $10 Trillion Reckoning & Fed Officials Predict Cuts

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast: (1) A new era of global rearmament is gathering pace, and it will mean vast costs and some tough decisions for western governments already struggling with shaky public finances. (2) More UK firms are tipped to be takeover targets this year as rock-bottom valuations spark an M&A boom among the country’s stocks. (3) Former Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said he’s expecting three interest rate cuts this year as inflation moves toward the central bank’s target while the economy remains resilient. (4) L’Occitane's billionaire owner Reinold Geiger and Blackstone are nearing a deal to take the skin-care company private, people familiar with the matter said, potentially ending its 14-year run on Hong Kong’s stock exchange. (5) Tesla's battered share price jumped by more than 5% on Monday after Elon Musk promised that the electric automaker would unveil a robotaxi in the coming months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.