As an astute politician himself, Mario Draghi may give Angela Merkel a gift at next week’s ECB meeting, which comes just 2 weeks ahead of the German election, according to Brendan Brown, chief economist and head of economic research at MUFG. Speaking to Bloomberg Daybreak Europe’s Caroline Hepker and Markus Caroline, Brown also discusses President Trump’s tax plan which he says won’t bolster US growth momentum.
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)