Trumps Says Clock is Ticking for Iran | Daybreak Europe 05/18/2026
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On today’s show, the global bond selloff deepens as rising oil prices fuel inflation concerns. President Trump has warned Iran that the ‘clock is ticking’ for a deal to be done to end the war, but both sides remain at loggerheads.
Spiking bond yields are likely to dominate a meeting of G-7 finance ministers in Paris, as oil-fueled inflation threatens global growth. The French Finance Minister Roland Lescure tells Bloomberg the bond market is correcting rather than collapsing.
Plus, data from China show growth slowed across the board in April, indicating that booming exports are no longer offsetting deteriorating domestic consumption in the world’s second-largest economy. Fixed-asset investment unexpectedly shrank, retail sales missed forecasts and industrial production grew at its weakest in almost three years.
Today’s guests: Seema Shah, Principal Asset Management, Chief Global Strategist; Roland Lescure, French Finance Minister.
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Daybreak Europe
00:00:58 – Oil Rises as Trump Renews Iran Threats
00:11:01 – Trump: For Iran The Clock is Ticking
00:17:49 – Global Bond Rout Deepens as Oil Gains
00:20:45 – Seema Shah, Principal Asset Management, Chief Global Strategist
00:23:51 – G-7 Finance Meeting
00:27:33 – Roland Lescure, French Finance Minister
00:40:42 – RyanAir Warns of Rising Costs
00:43:43 – Neil Sorahan, RyanAir CFO
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