FT News Briefing

Italian political drama weighs on markets

Share this episode
Anyone with this link can open it.
Share Link
Start at 0:00

This episode isn’t summarized yet

Create a free account and summarize it. In a few minutes you’ll have the key takeaways and a section-by-section summary.

Show notes

Italian prime minister Mario Draghi offered to resign, which caused problems for Italian stocks and for the euro. Plus, two of the biggest US banks had worse earnings reports than analysts expected. 


Subscribe to the FT News Briefing on Apple Podcasts or Spotify


Mentioned in this podcast:

Mario Draghi offers to resign as Italy’s prime minister

JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley profit miss casts pall over Wall Street

Rising recession fears and broad shift into haven assets have boosted the greenback


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Couldn't load the audio. A blocker may be stopping the show's tracking links. Open the file