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Follow the Money: The end of cheap money in Japan

After decades in which borrowing has been virtually free, Japan is raising interest rates, affecting savers and borrowers alike. We talk to a former rate-setter at the Bank of Japan, to a homeowner wh...

2026-10-27

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If China's exports are booming, why are consumers struggling?

China's booming export figures, driven in part by demand for AI-related products, suggest a high-tech economy that's thriving. Yet many consumers at home continue to face economic pressures. Ed Butler...

2026-10-26

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Taking stock: What French protests, Netflix data and the Alberta referendum reveal

What impact have the protests in France had on businesses and the wider economy? What does Netflix's latest data and job-cut plans signal about the streaming giant's future? And what does a referendum...

2026-10-23

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Power players: Has Netflix hit a wall?

Netflix transformed the entertainment industry, changing how audiences around the world discover and consume media. But after announcing plans to cut 1,000 jobs and losing its content and film chiefs,...

2026-10-21

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Founders: Olio CEO Tessa Clarke's fight against food waste

Tessa Clarke is the co-founder and CEO of Olio, the food-sharing app helping millions of people reduce waste by sharing food and household items with their neighbours. She explains how a simple idea g...

2026-10-21

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Follow the Money: The cost of sending money home

Some economies are increasingly dependent on migrants sending money home to their families. But how much does it cost, and who's making money from a business worth around $900 billion a year? Sam Fenw...

2026-10-20

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What China's solar panel obsession means for the world

China's latest trade data show another huge surplus, putting the country on course for what could be a record $1.5 trillion trade surplus this year. In the first of two episodes examining China's expo...

2026-10-19

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Taking Stock: Who owns Space?

From Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, to China and India, companies and countries are pouring billions of dollars to get ahead in the space industry. It's not just about interplanetary exploration, huge inv...

2026-10-16

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Power players: How did VW go off track?

Competition from China, weaker sales and a slower-than-expected shift to electric vehicles have left Volkswagen facing its biggest challenge in decades. VW says up to 100,000 jobs could go, with some ...

2026-10-15

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Listen again: The supermarket billionaire, John Catsimatidis

Greek-born billionaire John Catsimatidis rose from working in a New York grocery store to build the Gristedes supermarket chain and a wider business empire after leaving university before graduating. ...

2026-10-14

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Follow the money: Why is diesel so expensive?

The war in the Middle East has pushed up crude oil prices this year and that's had a knock-on effect on the price of refined oil products like diesel. But after months of conflict, the Gulf's oil-prod...

2026-10-13

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A global baby bust: why are birth rates falling?

Birth rates are falling across much of the world, raising questions about how economies will cope as populations age rapidly. Rob Young examines why people are having fewer children, from the financia...

2026-10-12

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Listen again: Power Players - Why are young Indians joining the Cockroach protests?

A chance to listen again as Will Bain and Rahul Tandon are joined by the BBC's India Business Correspondent Arunoday Mukherjee to look at the rise of the 'Cockroach movement'. They discuss the economi...

2026-10-10

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Taking Stock: Is Gen Z the first generation to be worse off than their parents?

Young people in France are protesting over schooling conditions, whilst in Spain they have taken to the streets over housing. We ask if there is hope them, and how we can make a better future. Also, w...

2026-10-09

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Power Players: Are these the most economy-focused US mid-terms ever?

With less than a month to go until the US mid-term elections, voters are preparing to head to the polls with the economy high on the agenda. From the cost of living, interest rates and tariffs, how m...

2026-10-08

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Founders: The first black woman to own a billion-dollar company

We meet Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder of ActOne Group. She arrived in Los Angeles with just $900 borrowed from her mother and went on to build a multi-billion-dollar business, becoming the first Blac...

2026-10-07

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Follow the money: Why does chocolate cost so much?

The El Nino in 2023 had a detrimental impact on the cocoa harvest in West Africa, prices quadrupled and businesses reacted. Chocolate prices skyrocketed around the world, chocolate makers were reduc...

2026-10-06

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Listen again: Bonds, heroes or villains?

With the cost of government debt reaching its highest for several decades, we're giving you another chance to hear our exploration of how the world became so dependent on bonds, those IOUs from govern...

2026-10-05

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Taking stock: How evicting an 87-year-old woman in Spain disrupted the debate on housing

Protests in Spain about 87-year-old Mariacarmen Abascal's eviction from social housing reignited the housing affordability debate globally, as inflation ticks up and career prospects for the young hav...

2026-10-02

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Power Players: Can AI really regulate itself?

The AI race is speeding up: and so are the warnings about where it could lead. After President Trump met AI leaders to discuss how to make the technology safer without slowing America's progress, Mich...

2026-10-01

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