Analysis: Interviews

German State Economies Will Weaken as AfD Gets Stronger: DIW

Germany's regional economies will continue to weaken as the far-right Alternative for Germany gets stronger, says Marcel Fratzscher, president of DIW Berlin. People are leaving, Fratzscher tells...

Black Sea Impasse Adds to Global Economic Damage

The impasse in the Black Sea following a summer escalation in Russia's war with Ukraine is compounding the economic damage from the conflict in the Middle East by threatening to drive inflation...

US, China Hold AI, Trade Talks Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking after hours of talks with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng and other officials, said the two sides agreed to set up a dialogue on AI aimed at reaching a...

BofA's Oberoi on Markets, AI Trade, Central Bank Policy

Chris Oberoi, Head of Asia Pacific Research at BofA Global Research, discusses his outlook for global markets, the AI investment theme and the direction of central bank policy. He speaks with Haidi...

QatarEnergy on Energy Security and Supply

H.E. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs for the State of Qatar and President & CEO of QatarEnergy discusses how geopolitics, energy security and investment are reshaping...

Pimco Likes Rates Where They Are, CEO Roman Says

Pimco CEO Emmanuel Roman says, the moment that we get to a better outcome in the Middle East, you'll see a release of the bond market and rates to go down. Roman also sees inflation and the...

Aliko Dangote on Investing in Africa

Dangote Industries President and Chief Executive Aliko Dangote discusses business, investment and Africa's economic outlook with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at the Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Special...

IMF MD on the Global Economic Outlook

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discusses the global economic outlook with Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick at the Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Special Edition in New York in 2026. ...

Hormuz 'Cannot Be Obsolete,' Qatar Energy Minister Says

Qatar Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi discusses the future of the Strait of Hormuz and says that to call the strait obsolete is wrong. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commented on Sept. 1 that...

Citi CEO Sees 'Tsunami' of Patching to Secure AI Defense

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said that companies are racing to build up their defenses on artificial-intelligence models. Speaking on the AI revolution, Fraser said when Mythos came out, that was not...

How India Turned Cricket Into A Billion Dollar Business

India's obsession with cricket has helped turn the Indian Premier League into one of the world's most valuable sports leagues, attracting foreign investors like Blackstone. With only 10 teams...

Why India's Big Tech Companies Are Betting on Hyderabad

Hyderabad has spent decades building the talent, infrastructure and business climate to compete with Bangalore, attracting major tech firms while becoming a hub for life sciences. But AI now...

General Atlantic CEO Sees Long-Term AI Opportunity

General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford says accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship have created one of the strongest environments for growth investing in his three decades in the business, with...

Qatar Says LNG Damage May Take Years to Repair

Joining Bloomberg This Weekend, Qatar Central Bank Governor and Qatar Investment Authority Chairman Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al-Thani says damage to the country's LNG facilities could...

State Street Sees Resilience Driving Portfolios

State Street Investment Management CEO Yie-Hsin Hung says investors have entered an era where resilient portfolios are increasingly important as higher capital costs, geopolitical tensions and...

Rubio Takes on Expansive Foreign Policy Role

Bloomberg News State Department reporter Eric Martin joins Bloomberg This Weekend and says Secretary of State Marco Rubio has embraced an unusually broad portfolio in the Trump administration,...

QEF UNGA Edition Prime Minister Opening Speech

H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs for the State of Qatar, opens the Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Special Edition in New York in...

Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Edition Opening

Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. & Bloomberg Philanthropies, welcomes leaders to discuss capital, risk and resilience at the Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Special Edition in New York in...

Franklin CEO Says AI Payoff Remains Unclear

Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson says companies cannot afford to slow their adoption of AI even as questions persist about costs, governance and the eventual profitability of the technology....