the bbc news website or app. i ll have a full bulletin for you at the top of the hour. now it is time for john simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. thank you forjoining me. in this programme: israel s war cabinet fragments but does that mean there s any chance for washington s efforts to get peace in gaza? biden said to the israelis, you have effectively won this now. hamas can t do again what they did on the seventh of october. it s time for this war to stop. the american economy is doing pretty well at the moment, so why doesn tjoe biden get more credit for it? they re calling it the bad vibes economy. while the numbers are good on the economy, the vibes the feeling that people have according to polls, is much more dour. and india what does prime minister modi do now that he s failed to get the kind of majority he was hoping for? they re not only going to have to keep their allies together, they re also going to have to see if anyone from opposition will
international investors. are you likely to see that continue? the bold decision making means executive reforms and administrative reforms can happen. but as a result of those decision makings, we have not seen land reforms or agricultural reforms. now this is a new landscape, and the reason i think we may see labour reforms happen is because there is an impetus with employment becoming a key issue, and we could see more dialogue. so i think, eventually, investors will come round and see this is not such a bad outcome. the government spending on capex has been a big priority. what more needs to be done? is private investment something you would be keen to look out for? yes, definitely, that s a great point, actually. for the labour interventions that need to happen, we will see some shift in the expenditure mix in the fiscal. so i expect capex to be curtailed a bit. it will still stay, but it will not be as high or surging. and money will go towards education, training, social
may have gotten richer, but have the poor also benefited from a lot of the policies? so there are several economic aspects that need to be deliberated as the government in power looks at the next five years to consolidate the fiscal policies that we ve seen over the last ten years. so, yes, while there are bright sparks, there are also several challenges which were brought forth during the campaigning in the indian elections of 2024, but it is for the government in power to solve a lot of these issues if india wants to become the third largest economy in the world, up from being the fifth largest. india s financial markets fell sharply on tuesday as narendra modi appeared to fall short of the landslide victory that many investors had expected. the world s most populous country is one of the fastest growing economies. however, unemployment, especially among young people, remains a major challenge for modi s government. economist madhavi arora explains the impact on his economi
so clearly, the rich may have gotten richer, but have the poor also benefited from a lot of the policies? so there are several economic aspects that need to be deliberated as the government in power looks at the next five years to consolidate the fiscal policies that we ve seen over the last ten years. so, yes, while there are bright sparks, there are also several challenges which were brought forth during the campaigning in the indian elections of 2024, but it is for the government in power to solve a lot of these issues if india wants to become the third largest economy in the world, up from being the fifth largest. india s financial markets fell sharply on tuesday as narendra modi appeared to fall short of the landslide victory that many investors had expected. the world s most populous country is one of the fastest growing economies. however, unemployment, especially among young people, remains a major challenge for modi s government. economist madhavi arora explains the
so clearly, the rich may have gotten richer, but have the poor also benefited from a lot of the policies? so there are several economic aspects that need to be deliberated as the government in power looks at the next five years to consolidate the fiscal policies that we ve seen over the last ten years. so, yes, while there are bright sparks, there are also several challenges which were brought forth during the campaigning in the indian elections of 2024, but it is for the government in power to solve a lot of these issues if india wants to become the third largest economy in the world, up from being the fifth largest. india s financial markets fell sharply on tuesday as narendra modi appeared to fall short of the landslide victory that many investors had expected. the world s most populous country is one of the fastest growing economies. however, unemployment, especially among young people, remains a major challenge for modi s government. i spoke to economist madhavi arora. o