a couple of hours. inflation was 3.7% in the year to september which is the same rate clocked for august. this month the us central bank held its key interest rate at its current 22 year high as it seeks to curb price rises. last week, the ratings agency moody s lowered the outlook for the nation s credit rating to negative from stable, citing those higher interest rates not backed up by policies to reduce spending. the us treasury secretary janet yellen has pushed back here she is speaking at the apec summit. this is a decision that i disagree with. the american economy is fundamentally strong and treasury securities remain the world s pre eminent safe and liquid asset. we have enjoyed over the past several years a historically fast economic recovery from a deep recession, our unemployment rate is near historic lows, inflation has come down significantly and our economy grew by almost 5% in the third quarter. economy grew by almost 596 in the third quarter- third qu
hello, i m sally bundock with the top business stories, and we begin with the upcoming face to face meeting between us presidentjoe biden and china s president xi jinping. the two leaders are meeting on wednesday on the side lines of the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in san francisco and the world will be watching to see if they can soothe their fraught economic and diplomatic relationship. in their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s access to advanced computer chips, citing people familiar with the matter. let s discuss this with brian coulton chief economist at fitch ratings. good morning. we will talk about the cletus meeting on wednesday but today finance leaders are gathered. what is expected from them? i leaders are gathered. what is expected from them?- expected from them? i think there will expected from them? i
elections suggest the far right have made historic gains. voters turned out in strength at the highest level for a0 years for the snap polls called by president macron last month. a decision that shocked many and spooked financial markets, raising questions over the stability of the eurozone s second largest economy. a quick recap of those exit poll results. marine le pen s far right national rally party came top with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition with around 28% of the vote. and president macron s centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. final results won t be known for another week with a second round of voting next sunday. joining me now is sonia renoult, rates strategist at abn amro bank. hello and welcome to the programme. first off, give us your reaction to those results in the markets reaction as well. , , , ., well. yes, the results were not reall a well. yes, the results were not reall
robert wood, chief uk economist, pantheon macroeconomics. itjoins me now. no change expected today, why not? it joins me now. no change expected today, why not? good mornin: expected today, why not? good morning why expected today, why not? good morning why not? expected today, why not? good morning why not? inflation - expected today, why not? good morning why not? inflation is i morning why not? inflation is just back to the bank of england 2% target for top within that headline inflation, inflation with services, eating out, restaurants, all sorts of household services, going to out to the cinema and so on prices of these things are rising still really quickly. so yesterday we saw they were up 5.7% year on year. with that rate of increase headline inflation is not going to stay at 2% very long. at 296 very long. the next decision at 296 very long. the next decision by at 296 very long. the next decision by the at 296 very long. the next decision by the bank- at
we start in the us, where the british tech tycoon mike lynch has been cleared of fraud charges in a san francisco court. once hailed as a uk bill gates, mr lynch was facing fraud charges over the $11 billion sale of his software firm, autonomy, to hewlett packard back in 2011. mr lynch had been accused of inflating the value of his firm ahead of the sale a jury has found him not guilty on all counts. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the details. when autonomy was sold to hewlett packard 13 years ago for $11.1 billion, it was one of the top 100 public companies in the uk. the sale marked the la rgest ever takeover of a british technology business. but hewlett packard later wrote down the company s value by more than $8 billion, leading to criminal charges that mike lynch had defrauded hewlett packard by inflating the value of autonomy. the businessman was extradited from britain to the united states to stand trial on the charges, which could have put