Jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. Youre very recently back from gaza. Were you shocked by what you saw . Profoundly, profoundly. I wasnt really prepared. Even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza, in rafah. So i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. And i must say, its in 2024 and were allowing this to happen. It is beyond belief. You talk about the hopelessness of the People Living through that experience. What about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those Vulnerable People . Were not giving up. When i go to such places, i become enraged. Isee. I need to fight harder. I need to get more resources. I need to get more colleagues there. I need to help more peo
China is experiencing a rare episode of sliding prices. Japans economy experienced this back in the 1990s and early 2000s. Now, this comes hot the heels of disappointing china trade data on tuesday, which showed that exports sank at their fastest rate since the pandemic, dropping by more 14 in the year tojuly, with imports also falling by more than 12 in the same period. Joining me now is duncan wrigley, Chief China Economist at pantheon macroeconomics. Thank you very much for being with us today. The Rest Of The World looking on in amazement. Considering the inflationary pressures the rest of us are dealing with. What do you read Between The Lines in this latest data . Between the lines in this latest data . Latest data . Ok, i mean, there are some latest data . Ok, i mean, there are some shortterm latest data . Ok, i mean, there are some shortterm factors i are some short term factors that push down the data for this month, there has been a surge of seasonal vegetables, the big pictu
Wall street was being red on tuesday, bank stocks leading the way. Shares in Goldman Sachs fell 2 . The catalyst was moodys downgrading the Credit Rating on several small and me us banks, including mmt and pinnacle financial. The red flag is raised by the Ratings Agency including a potential recession as well as problem so to the commercial real estate set up. As one analyst put it, any doubts about regional banking is bad for market sentiment. That wasnt helped by data from new york federal reserve, which showed that for the first time americans owed more than 1 trillion on their credit cards. Traders have also been focused on corporate results, which so far have been better than expected. That was true for lyft was reported results after the us market close, ebbo s small arrival is forecasting higher revenue in the Third Quarter based in part on a post pandemic rebound in road sharing. Rivi and posted a narrower loss than expected and raised its Production Guidance for the full year.
2 , the catalyst was moodys downgrading the Credit Rating on several small and medium sized us banks, Including Mmt and pinnacle financial. The red flags raised the Ratings Agency included a potential recession, as well as problem side to the commercial real estate sector. As one analyst put it, any doubts about regional banking is bad for market sentiment. That wasnt helped by data from new york federal reserve, which showed for the first time americans owed more than 1 trillion on their credit cards. Traders have also been focused on corporate results, which so far have been better than expected. That was true for lyft, which reported results after the us market close, ebbo s small arrival is focusing higher revenue in the Third Quarter based in part by a Postman Damik rebound in ray jones. Meanwhile, an electric vehicle maker posted a narrower loss than expected and raised its Production Guidance for the full year. Elsewhere on wall street this morning, nine companies, including ban