{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/648a703e3fa52a0011c26f62?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fed skips an interest rate increase","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The US Federal Reserve paused its interest rate rise campaign on Wednesday after 10 straight increases, and former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been found to have committed “multiple” contempts of parliament. Plus, Russian energy giant Gazprom has been backing militias in the Ukraine war.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/1fa66c1e-f485-4220-9ef5-fb2e391469f1?segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Reserve pauses rate rise campaign but signals more to come</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/602315b0-2080-4eea-b6bd-5e9f16c2651c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Boris Johnson found to have committed ‘multiple’ contempts of parliament</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/4dd0aa0a-4b37-4082-8db0-0b969c539677?segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Stream’ and ‘Torch’: the Gazprom-backed militias fighting in Ukraine</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/abc431c4-426d-4a9f-9674-f437ed504eb7?segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonce blamed for stubbornly high Swedish inflation</a></p><p>Credit: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gJQhDxd8YU&amp;amp;t=3s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonce performs Break My Soul in Stockholm</a></p><p><br></p><p>The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. 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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/2db09f3e-5789-4c09-9837-b23268d50c0f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}