FTN

Speaker 1

Is the Federal Reserve’s recent interest-rate increase the right response to persistent inflation? Is the slowdown in U.S. hiring becoming a serious threat to economic growth? Will high food and fuel prices continue to hurt American consumer confidence?
Speaker 2

Could proposals for $5,000 stimulus checks make inflation worse? Are tariffs making it harder for the Federal Reserve to control inflation? Is weak wage growth making the affordability crisis worse for American workers?

Speaker 1

Can Germany force major cuts to the EU’s next long-term budget? Will disagreements between France and Germany weaken European defense cooperation? Can France control rising fuel prices without cutting fuel taxes?
Speaker 2

Is growing support for the AfD changing Germany’s political center? Will disagreements over defense spending deepen divisions between European governments? Can Ireland successfully broker a compromise over the EU’s next budget?

Speaker 1

Could renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia lead to another major war? Will Ethiopia’s tensions with Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt turn into a wider regional crisis? Could proposed constitutional changes in the DRC allow President Tshisekedi to remain in power?
Speaker 2

Is the DRC government losing control of the conflict with M23 rebels? Will continued drone attacks in Sudan deepen the country’s humanitarian crisis? Has the recent coup attempt in Niger exposed growing weaknesses in the country’s military government?