the fact that russia is saying now it will not go along anymore with any inspections on a full withdrawal, but the significance of that and the fact that antony blinken the secretary of state said it is deeply unfortunate in any event and irresponsible said the u.s. will talk to russia about this at any point regardless of what is happening on the world stage with russia and ukraine. that is how critical the u.s. believes this is. absolutely critical. look, the only way that the nuclear threat is going to cool down in any way is if you look at past history where the united states and formerly the soviet union agreed to have their salt talks, to have the start talks, and then to continue with the new start talks that we see right now. that competition has been in place for over four to five decades and it must be addressed. look, one nuclear weapon alone is sufficient to give us all concern, right? what we re talking about is russia has in excess of 5,000 nuclear weapons. th
will be the first since beijing scrapped its zero covid restrictions late last year. the chief economist at hang seng bank china told us she is expecting to see an economic rebound that could fade in subsequent quarters. in rebound that could fade in subsequent quarters. in terms of gdp growth subsequent quarters. in terms of gdp growth for subsequent quarters. in terms of gdp growth for the - subsequent quarters. in terms of gdp growth for the first - of gdp growth for the first quarter it is very likely to exceed expectations because the trade data was just exceptional, so now we are anticipating a growth rate of about 4.5% and in terms of infrastructure, housing, consumption, all those figures will improve significantly in the first quarter as well. there might be some downside risks but it will mostly show up risks but it will mostly show up in the coming months. in the first quarter data probably is just right spots. it’s first quarter data probably is just right s
figures amongst a host of other key data. the quarterly figures will be the first since beijing scrapped its zero covid restrictions late last year. the chief economist at hang seng bank china told us she is expecting to see an economic rebound that could fade in subsequent quarters. in terms of gdp growth for the first quarter it is very likely to exceed expectations because the trade data was just exceptional, so now we are anticipating a growth rate of about 4.5% and in terms of infrastructure, housing, consumption, all those figures will improve significantly in the first quarter as well. there might be some downside risks but it will mostly show up in the coming months. in the first quarter data probably is just right spots. it s the first set of numbers we are getting in the post pandemic restriction error. we are really going to get a sense of how china has recovered but can it sustain that economic growth going forward? there is certainly some discrepancy between the
which could lead that kicked off on monday in washington. and north america correspondent is they are and has a preview of those meetings. high inflation continues to plague countries around the world. central bankers are raising interest rates to try and slow down those price increases. as a result however, we have some of the weakest growth projections by the international monetary fund since the 1990s. with the worlds finance ministers and central bankers all meeting in washington this week the increasingly fragile global economy will certainly be the focus along with ways for countries to try and mitigate some of the negative impacts of those interest rate rises. the high inflation however is already having an impact on poorer countries, pushing them further into financial distress, given the uncertain global economic outlook the imf believes many more countries will be looking to the imf for help. for more we can speak now to don lipski, he s a share of the national bure
bank spring meetings, which could lead that kicked off on monday in washington. our north america correspondent is there and has a preview of those meetings. high inflation continues to plague countries around the world. central bankers are raising interest rates to try and slow down those price increases. as a result however, we have some of the weakest growth projections by the international monetary fund since the 1990s. with the worlds finance ministers and central bankers all meeting in washington this week the increasingly fragile global economy will certainly be the focus along with ways for countries to try and mitigate some of the negative impacts of those interest rate rises. the high inflation however is already having an impact on poorer countries, pushing them further into financial distress, given the uncertain global economic outlook the imf believes many more countries will be looking to the imf for help. reporting outside the world bank and imf building. for