After the us justice department sued america s largest card network, accusing the company of illegally monopolising the debit card market and driving up prices for businesses and consumers. Lifting us financial markets, well, there was a sharp rise in al darling nvidia s stock price. That was after the company said its ceo, jensen huang, was done selling stock in the chip maker for now. And china s wave of stimulus to jolt its ailing economy, well, that also boosted us stocks that have exposure to china. So far this week, it has been light on the economic front, with investors still digesting that rate cut from the federal reserve. But on the economic calendar, things should pick up as the week goes forward. As michelle mentioned, the usjustice department has filed a lawsuit against visa. It says the world s largest payments processor illegally stifled competition to maintain a monopoly over the us debit card market, through means like paying off potential competitors. Visa says the cl
Reeves, who while saying there were difficult decision to come she was trying to say we have a plan for a better Future And Thatis plan for a better future and that is exactly the tone of Keir Starmer ll speech today, as we expect it to be. So we will talk about light at the end of the tunnel. He will talk about a shared struggle. What they are trying to do in light of the criticism about being overly gloomy is explain to the country they are not just about doom, they have a plan and a vision, for things to get better and the centre of that is they say about economic stability, if they can stabilise the economy and get it growing, they are making the argument that Everybody Willent up argument that Everybody Willent up feeling better off and it will filter down to public services and the pound in your pocket. That is the narrative of the speeches today, but the other Point Worth mentioning there isnt a huge amount of policy, so they are trying to sell a story and the Style And Tone of
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SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI