Francine welcome to the pulse or call the pulse. Super thursday has been dubbed the thursday of the year. The bank of england is said to publish a slew of data. The boe decision minute of it meeting are being released at lunchtime as the governor mark carney works to improve transparency. In this torrent of data, how many members are we expecting to call for an Interest Rate hike . That is the big question. The majority of economists do expect a split in the vote. There are nine members. 19 of the 20 economists surveyed by bloomberg expect if it expect a split. More than half expect to members to vote for decision. We have seen some vote for tighter policy, they dropped that in january when they all inflation fall. They will be closely watching to see of any others vote. Francine the strength of the currency is also compensating things for the governor. Absolutely. This is a tight rope he will have to walk as he delivers his press conference. The pound in the past month has been streng
Civil rights act vist and baseball player was shot and killed outside of his philadelphia home. He was 32. Catto had been working to inform the community about their voting rights. The more i heard about him i never heard his name until i was over 40 years of age. Which this is a person and people like him to contributed to philadelphia and our country should be in our history books and theyre not. Reporter in learning the story years ago, the mayor embarked on a project to encourage others to do the same. The statue of his likeness was prepared over the weekend. This is the first time on public land where an africanamerican is memorialized for the public to see. I would say. I think its amazing and i think there needs to be more. Reporter consider both the Martin Luther king junior and Jackie Robinson at his time, he was buried and moved after his previously neglected grave was unearthed. I think all of our kids need to know how every group in america contributed to making our country
People call a for gotten hero. Good evening everyone. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Reporter alexandria hoff is live at city hall with the story of octavius catto. Reporter underneath this blue tarp is the statue of a man who is also a martyr and if you dont know his name before this, thats okay. Youre in good company but the hope is you soon will. Election day 1871. Octavius catto, a prominent africanamerican intellectual, Civil Rights Act vist and baseball player was shot and killed outside of his philadelphia home. He was 32. Catto had been working to inform the community about their voting rights. The more i heard about him i never heard his name until i was over 40 years of age. Which this is a person and people like him to contributed to philadelphia and our country should be in our history books and theyre not. Reporter in learning the story years ago, the mayor embarked on a project to encourage others to do the same. The statue of his likeness was prepared over the week
Criticizing germany. He says the u. S. Has a massive trade deficit with germany and the germans pay far less than they should for nato. President trump says it is very bad for the u. S. , but it will change. In berlin, indias Prime Minister says his country has made a quantum leap in economic ties with germany. He spoke after meeting with Angela Merkel. He says the two leaders are made for each other. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am emma chandra. This is bloomberg. David donald trump called his first foreign trip a home run, but some in europe saw it differently. In europe,ion rally Angela Merkel suggested that europe might not be able to rely on its stead fed you steadfast United States. She returned to that subject today. Ourur chins anemic transatlantic relationship and the statement i made recently is due to the fact that in the face of the present circumstances we have additional reasons for us to realize t
Bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Im going to take you to italy now. 0. 1 talian economy growing in the Fourth Quarter versus an estimated 0. 3 . That is a mess as im sure you can work out for yourself. Negative news in the first 60 minutes of the session. Lets bring up the equity market board for you. Equities across europe rallying. Commerzbank, one to watch on the dax. Session highs of over 10 . The stoxx 600 by 1. 73 . The ftse up by 86 points. Lets get to the other asset classes. Dollaryen, 112. 57. Biggest weekly gain since 1998. Your pronova, 1. 12 76 eurodollar, 1. 1276. Brent crude at 31 a barrel. Lets cross over to Caroline Hyde. Caroline jonathan, thank you. Federal reserve chairman janet yellen says the central bank is not to blame for the tunnel that has engulfed Financial Markets this year and is unlikely to roll back its Interest Rate increase. Yellen argued that the first rate rise in nine years had been widely anticipated. Germanys economy sustained its momen