Well be asking if this weather is a sign of things to come. Also tonight after the cull, the Prime Ministers new look cabinet meets for the first time, as borisjohnson gets down to business. Our mission is to deliver brexit on the 31st of october, for the purpose of uniting and re energising our great united kingdom. And england attempt to fight back in the test match against ireland at lords. And coming up on bbc news. Geraint thomas drops to third in the tour de france. The defending champion is still a long way behind the leader, with two meaningful stages to go. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, from kew gardens, in west london, one of the hottest places in the uk today, where temperatures hit 37. 9 degrees celsius. But it was cambridge that sweltered the most, hitting 38. 1 making it the hottestjuly day since records began and the second hottest day ever recorded in the uk. Just to give you an idea, it is a good 10 degrees hotter out here than it is in the palm hous
helped drive forward returns, as you say. this target was what we were expecting to hit at the end of the year, but we have seen a little bit of better than expected economic data also helping optimism that earnings growth might pick up a bit in the next few months. so is this all about expectation for rate cuts? is the optimism because of strong earnings? i the optimism because of strong earninus? ~ ., , earnings? i think it really does reflect earnings? i think it really does reflect rate - earnings? i think it really does reflect rate cut - does reflect rate cut expectations and the growing belief that the us can have a soft landing, because when you look at earnings growth, actual earnings growth has been slow and negative for some companies. growth is slowing, it does cast doubt on the possibility of a re acceleration in the interim here. so it leaves that rally a little vulnerable to any failure to reach those expectations. japan s nikkei has crossed the 37,000 mark f
continued to expect continuing to read cuts from the fed, which is held jack forward returns. as you say, this target is what we were expected to hit at the end of the year but we have seen a bit better than expected economic data that is hope and optimism that things might pick up in the next few months. is that things might pick up in the next few months. is this all about the next few months. is this all about expectation - the next few months. is this all about expectation for - the next few months. is this | all about expectation for rate cuts was to mark as their optimism because of strong earnings? it optimism because of strong earnings? optimism because of strong earninus? . , ., . earnings? it reflects rate cut exnectations earnings? it reflects rate cut expectations undergoing - earnings? it reflects rate cut l expectations undergoing belief that the us can have a soft landing, when you look at earnings growth, actually earnings growth, actually earnings growth
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