FT News Briefing

Why the euro is on a losing streak

Norway’s $1.4tn sovereign wealth fund has become the biggest shareholder in UBS, a landmark antitrust trial between Google and the US government starts today, and the FT’s Mary McDougall explains why the euro is having such a tough time.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3Zfz5Uj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Norway’s $1.4tn oil fund becomes top UBS shareholder </a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3ZbuD8M" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google prepares for biggest US antitrust showdown since Microsoft</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3PACV6U" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Euro suffers eight-week losing streak as economy falters</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/44MRCZ2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Will the ECB deliver one more rate rise?</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. 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. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ac99e963-f76e-4414-9f5a-7f29c7bf87ff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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