FT News Briefing

Viktor Orbán: the EU’s chief disrupter

The US Federal Reserve held interest rates at a 23-year high, the EU’s battle with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán could come to a head on Thursday, and Boeing withheld its usual financial guidance for the coming year while vowing to focus on the safety of its operations.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/49fYyR5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as market focuses on timing of 2024 cuts</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3SFNMy3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Viktor Orbán: what is the end game for Europe’s chief disrupter?</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/49fYyAz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boeing postpones annual guidance amid 737 Max crisis</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by 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. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d369deb5-e685-4783-80d7-8a1f05d691db" 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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