In the City

On this week’s In the City, Nat Benjamin, executive director for financial stability strategy and risk and a member of the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England, joins hosts Francine Lacqua and Allegra Stratton to discuss the central bank’s latest financial stability report.  “The value of this exercise is to put the spotlight on these things in peacetime,” Benjamin explains. “So everyone gets prepared for when shocks happen.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of In the City, we discuss whether female leaders are taken less seriously than their male counterparts, and what businesses can do about it. Mary Ann Sieghart, author of "The Authority Gap" and visiting professor at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, joins hosts Francine Lacqua, David Merritt and Allegra Stratton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this limited series, Odd Lots explains some of the thorniest issues facing the US economy through the medium of … chicken. Chicken occupies a unique position in the US diet, but issues facing the poultry industry illustrate wider points about the development of the US economy and the decisions being made about how it's structured and who benefits from it. So why has the chicken industry evolved in the way that it has? What’s been driving the price increases in eggs and meat? And what does it all say about things like inflation, the labor market and the nature of American capitalism? Check out Beak Capitalism on Odd Lots wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s episode of In the City, Bloomberg reporter Ben Stupples, who reports on the world of ultra-wealth, joins hosts Francine Lacqua and David Merritt to talk about the global wealth hubs that are stepping up their charm offensive to lure away UK non-doms. Become a Bloomberg.com subscriber using our special intro offer at bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. You’ll unlock deep reporting, data and analysis from reporters around the world, plus access to a suite of subscriber-only newsletters.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.