to fall into recession this year and will maintain positive growth this year. news welcomed by the uk finance minister as a big upgrade in the uk outlook. but for many right now, it might not feel like things are looking up with double digit inflation pushing up the cost of living, and pushing living standards down. here s the chancellorjeremy hunt reacting to the news. today the imf s assessment shows we are on the right track. the report forecast growth of 0.4% in 2023 and 0.7 percentage point upgrade since the aprilforecast. 0.7 percentage point upgrade since the april forecast. that s even higher than the bank of england forecast published last week for 0.25% growth in 23. the imf says we have acted decisively to fight inflation which will substantially reduce to around 5% by the end of the year. in the imf say our approach to fiscal policy will help to significantly reduce the deficit over the forecast by 3% of gdp between 20 to 23 and 2728. so together these forecasts
also on the programme. the search for madeleine mccann begins around a reservoir in portugal 16 years after she disappeared. we re on campus as the government announces new immigration rules to stop some foreign students bringing theirfamily members here. rolf harris, the tv entertainer who was jailed for a string of indecent assaults on girls, has died aged 93. and we take you on a tour around the national collection of british art as tate britain gets a new look. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we ll have more reaction to newcastle united qualifying for next season s champions league. can they be competitive among europe s elite? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the bbc has been given cctv footage which appears to show a police van following two teenage boys just moments before they were killed yesterday when the bike they were riding was involved in a collision in cardiff. a riot broke out afterwards with up to 150 people involved.
welcome. let me start with the situation welcome. let me start with the situation as we see it on the outlook situation as we see it on the outlook for the economy. the outlook for growth outlook for the economy. the outlook for growth and unemployment has improved~ for growth and unemployment has improved. six months ago we expected a shallow improved. six months ago we expected a shallow but long recession. since then energy prices have fallen substantially and economic activity is holding substantially and economic activity is holding up better than expected. so today is holding up better than expected. so today we forecast modest but not positive so today we forecast modest but not positive growth and a much smaller increase positive growth and a much smaller increase in positive growth and a much smaller increase in unemployment. we think inflation increase in unemployment. we think inflation will fall quite sharply over inflation will fall quite shar
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 more we ca
mr xi said their two countries had the ability and responsibility to safeguard world peace. the french leader is on a state visit to china, which has refused to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine. mr macron isjoined on this visit by european commission chief ursula von der leyen, as well as a large business delegation to try and bolster trade ties. isabel hilton is the founder of the nonprofit organisation china dialogue. yesterday the strip was very much about pressure related to ukraine, today they are talking business this trip was about ukraine. what have we heard? this trip was about ukraine. what have we heard? ., have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, a have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, a contract have we heard? there are some good news for airbus, a contract for - news for airbus, a contract for about 100, and edf news for airbus, a contract for about100, and edf and news