Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Libraries Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing
Podcast Image

Bloomberg News Now

US and Iran Gear Up For Talks, Consumer Sentiment Sinks, More

10 Apr 2026

Transcription

Transcript generated automatically by AI and may contain errors.

Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.672 - 5.121 Stephen Carroll

Hello, I'm Stephen Carroll. I'm in Brussels, where many of Europe's biggest decisions get made.

0

5.622 - 10.011 Caroline Hepke

And I'm Caroline Hepke in London. We're the hosts of the Bloomberg Daybreak Europe podcast.

0

10.391 - 15.001 Stephen Carroll

We're up early every weekday, keeping an eye on what's happening across Europe and around the world.

0

15.422 - 21.634 Caroline Hepke

We do it early so the news is fresh, not recycled, and so you know what actually matters as the day gets going.

0

21.698 - 27.166 Stephen Carroll

From Brussels, I'm following the politics, policy and the people shaping the European Union right now.

27.206 - 32.633 Caroline Hepke

And from London, I'm looking at what all that means for markets, money and the wider economy.

33.154 - 37.48 Stephen Carroll

We've got reporters across Europe and around the globe feeding in as stories break.

37.941 - 42.587 Caroline Hepke

So whether it's geopolitics, energy, tech or markets, you're hearing it while it happens.

43.028 - 45.03 Stephen Carroll

It's smart, calm and to the point.

Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in US-Iran peace talks?

292.828 - 314.452 Dan Schwartzman

Consumers expect prices to rise at an annual rate of 4.8 percent over the next year and see costs rising at an annual rate of 3.4 percent over the next five to 10 years. The preliminary April sentiment index slumped to 47.6 from 53.3 in March. That's according to the University of Michigan data out Friday. That was below all but one estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists.

0

314.813 - 319.765 Dan Schwartzman

Joan Hsu, the director of Michigan's consumer surveys, says there are some positives, though, to look at.

0

319.745 - 334.353 Joan Hsu

There is a glimmer of hope here. Most of the deterioration in sentiment was concentrated in the short run with year-ahead business conditions, year-ahead personal finances, year-ahead inflation expectations, and the outlook for the long run is not nearly as sour.

0

334.573 - 355.24 Dan Schwartzman

The University of Michigan's Joan Hsu speaking to Bloomberg. The current conditions gauge slid to a record low of 50.1 in April, while the Expectations Index declined to the weakest since 1980. Consumers' perceptions of their current financial situation matched the worst since 2009. Artemis 2 expected a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at around 8.10 p.m.

0

355.26 - 372.024 Dan Schwartzman

ET after the four astronauts aboard NASA's lunar mission journeyed farther beyond their home planet than any humans before them. The reentry process will subject the Orion capsule to a firestorm reaching 5,000 degrees, with the astronauts being kept cool in pressurized flight suits. We check markets all day long here on Bloomberg.

Chapter 3: What conditions has Iran set before negotiations with the US?

372.044 - 393.986 Dan Schwartzman

Markets mixed. The Dow down around six-tenths of a percent. S&P 500 down close to two-tenths of a percent. The Nasdaq is up around two-tenths of one percent. The 10-year Treasury yield is at 4.312%. The two-year yield is at 3.798%. President Trump praising Palantir technology in a post on Truth Social, saying it has, quote, proven to have great warfighting capabilities and equipment.

0

394.227 - 414.233 Dan Schwartzman

Just ask the enemy. Palantir shares pair their decline to about two and a half percent. After Trump's post, shares had been down as much as six percent. Round two of the Masters ongoing at Augusta National. Defending champion Rory McIlroy and Tyrell Hatton are atop the leaderboard at five under. Wyndham Clark, Justin Rose, Sam Burns and Patrick Reed are right behind at four under.

0

414.634 - 419.985 Dan Schwartzman

That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Dan Schwartzman and this is Bloomberg.

0
Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.