Just had the latest reading on the economy there for the first three months of the year. Official figures revealed the economy expanded at an annualised rate of 1. 6 , far below expectations and also less than the growth seen in the final months of 2023. Meanwhile, inflation, which measures the pace of price rises, has increased. At the start of the year, experts had been forecasting a series of Interest Rate cuts in the us so how do these figures play into that crucial decision . Lets talk to our north America Business correspondent now, erin delmore. Erin, the economy is growing but those figures arent as good as expected. It is inflation that is still a big issue . W , it is inflation that is still a big issue . , , ~ , issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us a issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us a good issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us a
Frances newly elected president Emmanuel Macron faces a diplomatic challenge as he meets with russias vladimir putin. But the countries do have deep economic ties. It used to call itself the worlds favourite airline, but with Flight Disruptions entering a third day, few of bas passengers are likely to agree. Welcome to World Business report. Im jamie robertson. In a minute well have Special Report from sri lanka on why the country is selling chunks of its infrastructure back to the country that built them, china. But first, today the new french president Emmanuel Macron will meet with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. The kremlin was hoping that the meeting would take place under rather different circumstances in the recent French Election campaign, mr putin had voiced his support for the eurosceptic candidate marine le pen, who lost to mr macron. Nonetheless, the relationship between france and russia remains important to both countries. France is russias biggest foreign invest
Strike by the us on syria. We will get the inside track on how facebook is stepping up the fight against fake news and the rest of the weeks big tech stories including a story on tesla. Talking of fa ke including a story on tesla. Talking of fake news its currently a hot topic so today we want to know which stories have caught you out and how did you realise . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbc biz live. A warm welcome to the programme. The us president has been holding his first face to face meeting with his chinese counterpart. Trade and north korea were supposed to be at the top of the agenda but the summit has been overshadowed by the us carrying out missile strikes on Syrian Government air bases. Those were in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack this week. In florida, donald trump said discussions with xi had been long and he was confident they would develop a great relationship. They are the leaders of the worlds two biggest economies and they have been expected to
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