In the City

Economists and policymakers have descended on Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week for its famous, eponymous economic policy symposium. Among those attending are US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey. On this week’s episode of In the City, senior reporter Phil Aldrick joins hosts Francine Lacqua and Allegra Stratton to discuss what signals the two men might send on monetary policy plans for the US and UK.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in slick startups that market fertility treatments for all. But this rapid growth has revealed cracks in the system. Misconception, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, follows reporter Kristen V. Brown on her own intimate journey as she uncovers the business of fertility. Along the way, she finds a fractured industry — a profit-driven field of medicine that thrives on dueling messages of hope and fear as people gamble everything for a chance at a baby.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The aftermath of far-right violence in the UK has triggered some soul searching on the part of social media giants. Google EMEA President Matt Brittin says inflammatory online rhetoric and misinformation like that which followed the stabbing deaths of three young girls requires greater scrutiny.  Brittin joins Francine Lacqua on this episode of In the City. He also discusses what he considers the UK’s emerging advantage in the region following Labour’s landslide victory, and AI's role in the productivity question. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As part of our summer reading series, Allegra Stratton sits down with Tim Marshall to discuss his new book, The Future of Geography: How The Competition In Space Will Change Our World. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This summer, we bring you the Voternomics Summer Reading List. First up, a conversation between Stephanie Flanders and author and journalist Anne Applebaum about her latest book Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run The World. She says a network of dictators from China to Venezuela could be the beneficiaries of a welcoming White House should Donald Trump win the US election come November and warns that the self-proclaimed dealmaker and convicted felon’s foreign policy may be more personal and even less predictable in a second term. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next up on the Summer Reading List, Fareed Zakaria, host of the CNN program GPS, discusses his new book, Age of Revolutions.Zakaria contends the world is experiencing a backlash to globalization similar to one in the 1920s. This dynamic is made all the more stark by Trump’s transformation of the Republican Party into an anti-immigrant, trade-skeptic entity, he says. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s episode of In the City, Catherine Ashton, the former high representative for European Union foreign policy and EU Commission first vice president, joins to discuss the international challenges faced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government and the importance of Britain’s determination to be more present on the global stage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Joe Biden announced Sunday he’s no longer seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination, saying his exit from the race was in the best interests of his party and the country. He then threw his support to his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris. But is it as simple as that? Will Harris receive her party's nomination? Is she the best person the Democrat's have to take on Donald Trump? And does the market's mild response to the news suggest many think a Donald Trump victory is still the most likely outcome?Hosts Stephanie Flanders and Adrian Wooldridge explore those questions. Plus, we bring you an episode from our sister show the Big Take -- Gregory Korte and Laura Davison, who cover money and politics for Bloomberg, discuss Kamala Harris’s fundraising edge and how Democratic donors are reacting to the news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves joins Francine Lacqua for an interview on her first visit to the City of London since taking over. She warns of 'difficult decisions' ahead as she tries to fix Britain's public finances. Plus, senior reporter Phil Aldrick debriefs on their conversation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What could a second Donald Trump presidency look like, should he defeat US President Joe Biden in November, and how could the Republican’s policies shape markets and the world economy?We discuss with Elbridge Colby, a member of the first Trump administration and potential National Security Advisor if there’s a second one. Also on this episode, a conversation with Bloomberg political correspondent Nancy Cook, who joins from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. And finally, Bloomberg Editor in Chief John Micklethwait discusses his column on what lessons the Republicans could glean from the recent defeat of the Conservatives in the UK. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.