Stock market fragility

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/5810c0fd-5325-4b58-93d6-4790d00956adJay Powell signalled his support for a quicker withdrawal of the Federal Reserve’s massive asset purchase programme, and the world’s biggest clothing retailer, Inditex, has named the 37-year-old daughter of its founder as the company’s new chair. Plus, Robin Wigglesworth, the FT’s global finance correspondent, explains why markets might be more fragile than many people think. Powell signals support for quicker ‘taper’ of Fed’s bond buying schemehttps://www.ft.com/content/181021d7-9dc4-4a55-a8e9-d5ae26e8e5c1Markets are more fragile than investors thinkhttps://www.ft.com/content/c25bd7df-0f13-4bb1-94b3-e36ed8fb2b97Inditex shares fall after it appoints founder’s daughter as chairhttps://www.ft.com/content/57283cb1-20d8-43a7-85aa-6ca59a49099cMorrisons ditches soya for insects in chicken feed to hatch carbon neutral eggshttps://www.ft.com/content/ce180ed3-67c5-4e47-91e3-32049866cae1The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.