AB InBev toast record FY revenue

The world’s largest brewer, AB InBev posts record FY revenue but overall volumes fall. Washington and Kyiv are reportedly set to sign an agreement over critical mineral resources in Ukraine in exchange for yet unspecified U.S. support measures. President Donald Trump has seemingly confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington to sign the deal later this week. Tesla’s market cap slumps below $1tn as nearly all post-U.S. election stock gains have been cancelled out by a 25 per cent drop in share value. In Germany, Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has said he will not tweak the country’s strict debt brake rules. We hear from Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel who says it is important to remain flexible. And the IIF warns that global debt levels have reached $318tn in 2024.