Will today announce if it plans on raising Interest Rates for the worlds biggest economy. Any rise will be seen as an endorsement of not only the strength of the American Economy, but also the Global Economy, ten years on from the financial crisis. There have been three rises since december 2016 and markets are already factoring in another rise later today. Us Economic Growth has hit an annualised rate of more than 3 in the past two quarters, while the Unemployment Rate is at its lowest since 2000. Us jobs growth was once better than expected in november, with payrolls rising by 228,000 with the Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 4. 1 . And in october the imf upped its forecast for the Global Economy and now predicts growth of 3. 6 this year and 3. 7 in 2018. Meanwhile, the us stock market has also been surging ahead its regularly broken records throughout the year. But just who should take the credit for it . Turns out theres a difference of opinion as Samira Hussain reports now from
Hundreds of schools are failing to impr| for the force was with the hundreds of schools are failing to impr| forgecfi; force was with the iii from f; we will tram fz, we will be reviews from critics, and we will be talking to them shortly. Good morning. Its wednesday 13th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theres been a huge political upset in the united states, where the republicans have been defeated in a Us Senate Election in alabama for the first time in 25 years. Its a major blow for President Trump who had supported the republican candidate, roy moore. During his campaign, mr moore eight women came forward to say he had been accused of Sexual Assault. One claim this had happened since she was 1a. His rival doug jones will now become the first democrat to represent the state in the us senate since 1992. The democrat victory narrows the republicans majority in the upper house to 51 19, making it harder for President Trump to get his legislative programme th
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Licence to fight as soon as january. The british boxing board of control will review his case after he served a ban for doping. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Its being seen as a big blow and personal embarrassment for President Trump. For the first time in 25 years, the Democratic Party has won a senate seat in the deeply conservative us state of alabama. President trump had publicly backed the republican candidate, roy moore, despite allegations of past Sexual Misconduct with teenage girls. The result reduces President Trumps majority in the senate to the slimmest possible margin, as david willis reports. It was a stunning political upset. Doug jones, a former federal prosecutor, is the first democrat to be elected to the senate in this conservative Southern State in a quarter of a century. His victory reduces the already razor thin republican majority in the senate to just one seat. As dr king liked to quote the moral arch of the universe is long but it bends tow