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In this week's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's rejection of the Biden administration’s “Build Back Better” plan, President Joe Biden's warning of the perils of remaining unvaccinated, U.K's 16-fold increase in Covid-19 cases a week, and more. 

From the over-counted number of Americans vaccinated against Covid-19, to the issuing of citations to companies by the U.S. federal agency, and a declaration of a state of emergency in San Francisco, Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, Straits Times gives an analysis of it all Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter.   Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

Mitul Kotecha, Chief EM Asia and Europe Strategist, TD Securities discusses the surprise decision by the Bank of England to hike rates for the first time since the pandemic and reviews how the major currencies will perform in 2022.

What do retail business owners need to take note of when navigating the highly competitive, and transformed, retail landscape? How can established companies and SMEs also leverage the D2C approach to build profitable and sustainable brands? Melvin Chee, CEO & Co-founder, RPG Commerce joins us on The Breakfast Huddle to answer these questions, and more.

Revolut Singapore recently released a report, comparing local physical F&B spend against a timeline of Covid-dining restrictions. James Shanahan, CEO, Revolut Singapore shares more about the report, including the trends that were observed throughout the many changes of dining restrictions and the potential impacts that could arise upon introducing new restrictions.

The Singapore government announced on Wednesday a package of measures to cool the private residential and HDB resale markets. Professor Sing Tien Foo, Head, Department of Real Estate, NUS Business School & Director of Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies (IREUS), NUS shares more about the measures and how they have affected the property market so far. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Bank of England announcement of a surprise rate hike, ECB announcing an end to PEPP in March and Erdogan and the CBRT continuing to pile misery on the lira and those that rely on it. 

Power Play Ep 8: US-China: War of words over democracy  11:14 mins Synopsis: On the third Friday of every month, The Straits Times examines various facets of the US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia.  Join Charissa Yong and Danson Cheong - ST’s US and China correspondents respectively based in Washington DC and Beijing - as they chat about the following: Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 00:40 China and Russia among some of the countries not invited to President Biden's Summit for Democracy 02:15 China's own "whole-process democracy" and its insults towards US' democratic system 05:23 The reason behind China's protests and its attempt to convince other countries of its viewpoint 07:17 US' division of the world into "democratic" and "undemocratic" camps 09:21 Taiwan's invite to the summit reaffirms views of US President Joe Biden administration's support for the island Produced by: Charissa Yong (charyong@sph.com.sg), Danson Cheong (dansonc@sph.com.sg), Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani Follow our Asian Insider Podcast channel every week here and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Charissa Yong's stories: https://str.sg/3xRa Read Danson Cheong's stories: https://str.sg/3xR2 Follow Danson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dansoncj Read ST's Power Play articles: https://str.sg/3xRE Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, AMP Capital discusses how markets will price in the policy tightening by the Federal Reserve. 

With borders slowing reopening, and Singapore introducing Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs), many are finding this as an opportunity to travel once more. But as the pandemic remains volatile, one can expect travel restrictions to simple change overnight. Lina Ang, Managing Director APAC, Sojern shares how individuals and businesses can better prepare themselves for sudden travel restrictions change.