Price Controls, Britain's Struggling Jobs Market, and the SpaceX IPO

About this episode

John Stepek and Sam Unsted discuss the impact of weak UK economic data on gilts, the issues with price controls, and the potential effects of upcoming mega-IPOs like SpaceX on the stock market.

In Merryn's absence this week John Stepek and Sam Unsted, editor on the Bloomberg Markets Today live blog, discuss how weak UK economic data has actually provided some relief for gilts this week, look at the problems with both proposed and existing government price controls, and wonder whether the coming wave of mega-IPOs led by SpaceX might take some of the exuberance out of stocks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guests: John Stepek, Sam Unsted

Topics covered

• UK economy
• price controls
• gilts
• mega-IPOs
• SpaceX
• stock market

Keywords

• UK economic data
• gilts
• price controls
• mega-IPOs
• SpaceX
• stock market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg, SpaceX

Places: UK

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