Fed’s Beige Book Says War Lifts Uncertainty for US Companies | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 4/15/26

On today’s episode of Bloomberg Businessweek Daily, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with Bloomberg’s Mike McKee on the Fed’s Beige Book release. They also spoke to Nicola Willis, New Zealand Finance Minister live from the IMF meeting in Washington DC on how New Zealand is being affected by the the war in the Middle East. Later on they spoke with Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg News Senior White House Correspondent, Herman Chan, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for US Banks and Michael Ha, Baird Senior Research Analyst alongside Avalon Pernell, Bloomberg News Equities Reporter on his thoughts on the future of UnitedHealth.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Bloomberg Businessweek Daily Begins
00:06:49 – Michael McKee, Bloomberg International Economics & Policy Correspondent
00:13:55 – Nicola Willis, New Zealand Minister of Finance
00:28:25 – Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg News
00:33:30 – Herman Chan, Bloomberg Intelligence
00:38:13 – Michael Ha, Baird Senior Research Analyst
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