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On today's podcast:

(1) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear he's ready to defend the US central bank from political pressure following the re-election of Donald Trump, saying he wouldn't resign if asked and insisting the incoming president doesn't have the power to fire him or other senior Fed leaders.

(2) Donald Trump's team is forming a new administration and the president-elect is expected to draw top advisers and cabinet secretaries from a pool of Wall Street and business executives including officials from his first term — at least the ones who stuck by him.

(3) The Bank of England has supported UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves' debut budget, despite market concerns over inflation and borrowing

(4) The head of HSBC's new global wholesale banking division said the lender will seek to wrap up an ongoing restructuring "very quickly" and could announce the first round of job cuts within weeks.

(5) Goldman Sachs has added 95 executives to its partnership, the largest addition since CEO David Solomon took over.

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(1) Donald Trump's return to the White House is adding fresh ammo to a decade-long investment strategy that echoes his "Make America Great Again" mantra in a replay of the 2016 playbook.

(2) Vice President Kamala Harris told supporters to accept her election loss at the hands of President-elect Donald Trump but urged them to keep fighting for the ideals she espoused in her campaign as she publicly conceded the 2024 presidential race.

(3) After the Federal Reserve announces what's widely expected to be a quarter-point cut in interest rates, Chair Powell will have to field a barrage of questions about what Donald Trump's return to the White House will mean for growth, inflation and borrowing costs.

(4) The Bank of England is likely to lower interest rates for only the second time this year in a decision that will be overshadowed by the fallout from the UK budget and Donald Trump's election victory.

(5) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a snap election after his fractious, three-way coalition finally collapsed over how to revive the lackluster economy.

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(1) Republican nominee Donald Trump is on the cusp of recapturing the White House, projected as the winner across pivotal battleground states with his party set to control the Senate and markets swinging in expectation of his likely triumph.

(2) While Trump has not yet been declared the winner by most news outlets, he won Pennsylvania, puncturing Democrats’ Blue Wall and all but ending Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ hopes of mounting a comeback.

(3) US stocks surged, with S&P futures climbing 1.4%; the dollar posted its biggest gain against major currencies since 2020; Treasury bonds tumbled, sending benchmark yields up more than 0.1 percentage point; and Bitcoin soared to a record.

(4) Republicans flip control of the US Senate. They now control at least 51 seats in the 100-member chamber. The GOP knocked out veteran Sherrod Brown in Ohio and picked up an open seat in West Virginia.

(5)World leaders congratulated Donald Trump as he declared victory in the US election, capping one of the most tumultuous campaigns in modern political history to defeat his Democratic challenger Kamala Harris.

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On today's podcast:

(1) Donald Trump and Kamala Harris concluded one of the most tumultuous and dramatic presidential campaigns in modern political history with dueling rallies late Monday, capping a furious final dash through battleground states that will decide the 2024 race.

(2) Stocks failed to gain traction and bonds climbed, with polls continuing to depict a tight race in the US presidential election ahead of the Federal Reserve rate decision.

(3) Elon Musk's daily million-dollar voter giveaway survived a legal challenge by Philadelphia's district attorney ahead of Tuesday's presidential election as a judge in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania declined to block it.

(4) Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses with an internal study of products currently on the market, setting the stage for the company to follow Meta Platforms into an increasingly popular category.

(5) The UK has spent more than a year trying to get hundreds of guns moved from floating armories that are helping Russia profit enormously from its oil trade despite widespread sanction

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On today's podcast:

(1) A flurry of polls released Sunday show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain poised for a photo finish in this week's presidential election, with voters narrowly split both nationally and across the pivotal swing states that will decide the election.

(2) Oil advanced after OPEC+ agreed to push back its December production increase by one month and tensions escalated again in the Middle East.

(3) Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was wrong to tell British voters before the election that Labour wouldn't announce new tax increases, even as she assured them there wouldn't be a repeat of her first budget in the coming years.

(4) Kemi Badenoch beat Robert Jenrick in the Conservative Party's leadership contest to become the first Black leader of a major UK political party.

(5) Novo Nordisk's Ozempic shot is likely to become the world's top-selling drug next year, but the company must prove it has something even better to stay ahead in the obesity market.

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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.

• In the US - a presidential election preview and FOMC Meeting
• In the UK - Bank of England decision preview
• In Asia - Japanese autos earnings

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(1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves sought to reassure the financial markets after her budget on Wednesday triggered a selloff in UK bonds, saying that the “No. 1 commitment” of the Labour government is “economic and fiscal stability.

(2) Apple heading into its most critical sales period of the year, sparked fresh concerns about revenue growth and lingering weakness in an intensely competitive China market.

(3) Intel gave a fourth-quarter revenue forecast slightly above estimates, sparking optimism that it’s capable of reclaiming some lost market share.

(4) Amazon reported strong results that showed a company humming on all cylinders, a testament to its efforts to cut and reallocate costs and put the cloud computing and e-commerce giant on sounder footing.

(5) Donald Trump and his allies are telling supporters that they’re on pace for a runaway victory barring fraud — setting the stage for outrage and legal challenges if the election doesn’t break in favor of Republicans.

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On today's podcast:

(1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered a massive package of tax hikes alongside plans to ramp up public investment in a historic first budget that aimed to revive the UK economy — but fell short of delivering a major boost to its growth prospects.

(2) Labour's first budget in over a decade raises taxes by £40 billion a year to fund a £70 billion annual increase in public spending. The plan marks a shift back to big state economics, with spending as a share of GDP set to be 5 percentage points higher than before the pandemic.

(3) Microsoft shares dropped in late trading after the software maker forecast slower quarterly cloud revenue growth, reflecting the company’s struggle to bring data centers online fast enough to keep up with demand for artificial intelligence services.

(4) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will ramp up heavy investments in AI and other futuristic technologies, continuing a years-long tug-of-war between the company’s long-term bets and the core advertising business that provides the vast majority of Meta’s revenue.

(5) China’s economy showed signs of stabilizing after Beijing unleashed the boldest stimulus measures since the pandemic, although an upcoming US election injects uncertainty into the recovery.

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