2025-08-22
49 分钟Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service with me, Rahul Tandon.
Plenty is always coming up on the programme.
We're going to look ahead to that crucial speech by Jerome Powell on Friday in a few minutes' time.
We'll be talking about the details that we now know of that trade deal between the EU and the US.
And we'll be looking at how McDonald's got in trouble in Japan.
for giving away some free Pokemon cards with their meals.
As always, we have two guests to guide us through the story.
We have Erin McLaughlin, Senior Economist from the Conference Board based in New York.
Busy days for you, Erin.
A lot to digest in a fast-changing economic world.
Absolutely, yes.
It has been an incredibly busy few months and it does not seem to be slowing down.
It certainly doesn't.
Also with us is James Mager, senior reporter,
Chinese economy and government of Bloomberg, which again is a pretty busy job.
Not in that part of the world at the moment, having a little break, James?
Yeah, I'm actually in holidays in Australia right now.
So you're enjoying the nice winter weather in Canberra.
But even on holiday, are you keeping a close eye on developments in China?
Less than normal, but yeah, keeping a little bit of a watch just on what's going on.