Markets have climbed since the start of the year boosting tech stocks. Also some robust earnings from the incorporates and hopes that the central bank will start to ease Monetary Policy this year. Just talk us through this rally. It is an auspicious moment, but what does it tell us about what is happening . It does it tell us about what is happening . Does it tell us about what is haueninu . ,. ,. , happening . It is a funny moment, you have not happening . It is a funny moment, you have got the happening . It is a funny moment, you have got the dow happening . It is a funny moment, you have got the dow jones happening . It is a funny moment, you have got the dow jones up happening . It is a funny moment, you have got the dow jones up 40,000 i have got the dowjones up 40,000 points, there are a caps on sale that you can buy that its a dell 40,000. They are selling for around 25 a hat right now. All of this for anindex 25 a hat right now. All of this for an index that represents about 3
Not to be close to epstein, when in reality he viewed him as a cherished friend. Lets cross to our Business Editor simonjack, who has the details. Yes, before jes yes, Beforejes Staley yes, before jes staley was the yes, Beforejes Staley was the boss of barclays, he ran the Private Banking of barclays, he ran the private bankin business of of barclays, he ran the Private Banking Business Ofjpmorgan of barclays, he ran the Private Banking of barclays, he ran the private bankin business ofjpmoran for banking Business Ofjpmorgan for High Net Worth clients, of which Jeffrey Epstein was one. Now, following Jeffrey Epstein s conviction and subsequent suicide for six offences, the Financial Conduct Authority asked barclay to try to characterise and find out about how close the relationship had been between mr staley and mr epstein, and the bank rate back to the regulator approved by mr staley, saying he insisted they had no close personalfriendship, it was professional only. E mail that subse
Night Paris Saint Germain came from behind to beat barcelona. Dortmund did exactly the same thing to Atletico Madrid last night as well. And as we look for tonight, well arsenal head to munich to play and Manchester City will be playing real madrid and theyre both level and its 100 days until the Olympic Games today. A gusty wind again across the east with a few showers. There will be a bit of rain in the west, particularly for Northern Ireland, but for many its going to be a fine and a bright day just on the fresh side. Join me later for all the details. Top story controversy continues to plague the National Conservative conservatism conference in brussels , after conference in brussels, after attempts were made to shut it down yesterday and the local mayor has called amir akua and he opposed all that was going on, claiming he issued the order to police to ensure public security. Well, nigel farage was a keynote speaker at the event and he was on stage as Police Arrived to try and clo
Compared to the last asessment in january. Its big concern is about inflation the rate at which prices are rising. On the global measure the imf is using, it thinks it will be 2. 8 by the end of this year and warns that getting inflation back to their 2 target should be the priority for central banks. For many politcians thats been a key concern as they try to ease Cost Of Living pressures for people around the world. Heres the imf s chief economist. The Global Economy continues to display remarkable resilience with Growth Holding steady and inflation declining. But many challenges still lie ahead. Global growth was 3. 2 in 2023 and is expected to remain at that level both in 2024 and 2025. This represents a 0. 3 percentage point upgrade from our 0ctober projections for 2024, with stronger activity than expected in the us, china and other large emerging markets, but weaker activity in the euro area. 0ur correspondent Michelle Fleury is following this from new york. Lets begin by talkin