4.5%. risen by a quarter of a percent, that is from our economics editor, faisal islam, who has tweeted that. just getting that information in that, as expected, interest rates in the uk are now at 4.5%, up from 4.25%, a quarter rate rise. 0ur cost of living correspondent is watching these developments for us, kevin, news that will impact on so many people s lives for their mortgages and make life just that bit more difficult as they have seen those rate rises so many times, for the 13th time in a row? it many times, for the 13th time in a row? , ., . many times, for the 13th time in a row? ,., ,, many times, for the 13th time in a row? , ,,, row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the impact row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the impact is - row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the impact is still - row? it is not a surprise, but| clearly the impact is still very real. it will make borrowing more expensive for many, many pe
in the past hour we have just had an update on some important data. they show the world s biggest economy is still growing but more slowly than first thought. the first three months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% months of this year the us economy grew by1.1% and months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% and that is on an annualised basis with consumer spending still remaining pretty strong but many analysts have been expecting today s figure to be closer to the 2% mark with all of this of course adding to fears that the american economy is running out of steam so let s get the thoughts of steam so let s get the thoughts of samir hussein, our north american business correspondence standing by new york and that is the question, isn t it. is this just a temporary blip or are we on a longer term slowdown? because we have talked a lot about the us avoiding recession. this will be welcome news. they can certainly not. this demonstrates the us economy is certainly l
professional and you see with the gesture that players have done for the fans as well. we were hurting but ultimately that was a couple of days ago now and our focus but ultimately that was a couple of days ago now and ourfocus is on thursday and we are going to approach that with the full belief that we can get a positive result. i have to make sure that our players are ready have to make sure that our players are ready for tomorrow. facing a good are ready for tomorrow. facing a good appointment, so it s a good team, good appointment, so it s a good team, good players and we are having a certain team, good players and we are having a certain circumstance and i have to make a certain circumstance and i have to make sure a certain circumstance and i have to make sure that they are focused and have energy and i have on the front foot to have energy and i have on the front foot to go have energy and i have on the front foot to go into battle. the have energy and
The number of new cars registered in the uk last year was the lowest for 30 years, but sales of electric vehicles continued to grow rapidly. Welcome to bbc news. Prince harry reportedly claims he was physically attacked by his Brother William during a row over his marriage to meghan. The guardian has obtained a copy of spare, the highly anticipated book from the duke of sussex, days before its due to hit the shelves. Aru na iyengar reports. There is stringent prelaunch security around this book but the guardian has published extracts of a copy of spare it has viewed. In the book, prince harry describes a meeting in 2019 at his home in london with Prince William to discuss their faltering relationship. A furious row broke out, according to the book, during which Prince William, now the prince of wales, described meghan, the duchess of sussex, as difficult, rude and abrasive. Harry accused his Brother Of Parroting The Press narrative about his wife. The row escalated, and then, according
series of spring meetings with the world bank in washington this week stop it is also downgraded its overgrowth forecast for this year and exciting weaker performances in some leijer economies. our business reporter has been looking into this story for us and joins us now. always go to get you on the show. you have been sifting through the report, what are the projections?- report, what are the projections? they are predicting projections? they are predicting that - projections? they are i predicting that economic projections? they are predicting that economic growth this year maybe to next year 3%, that is a downgrade on what they had said injanuary about one tenth of a percentage point, in the medium term they have given the weakest forecast in more than 30 years. they say there is potentially a perilous combination of factors and that those far as could lead to economic crisis and they are calling there for for central bank around the world to keep tight monetary polic