The issues china is facing. Short of these stimulus packages, we don t know a great deal about where the money is being spent. Would you be looking for in order to try and turn these futures around 7 one of the big issues is the banking system is huge in china, it is loaded with bad debts. It s been forced to lend to bad projects for so long so the first thing to do is rescue the banks of this is something that the fed did after the financial crisis. system. Instead of giving them more money to lend and using that money to set up a fund, buy from them all of the bad assets and let them go back to a clean balance sheet and start over. The government can hold this bad debt, these bad property investments for a very long time but the banks need to have a better capital base to start lending again and you need to stop forcing them to lend only to state owned enterprises which are not profitable and bad projects, bad infrastructure projects with a 1% return on assets. You need to get the
Progress. A signal we are entering a new phase of our economy and our recovery. I believe it is important for the country to recognise this progress because if we do not, progress made will remain locked in the fear of negative mindsets that dominate our economic outlook since the pandemic began. Investors have cheered the cut, the dowjones industrial the neck i added 1. 5% in us dot markets. And the s&p 500 rose to all high times. Bbc s samira hussain has more from new york. 0ur the s&p 500 road i. 7%, the s&p 500 road i. 7%, extending this years gains to 20% and meanwhile the dowjones surged over 500 points to topping 32,000 for the first time in the majority of industry groups closed out the interest is higher and big tech outperformed as it was spurred to investors return to risk on mood and tesla gained 4% and more than 7% respectively. Stocks traditionally tied to economic growth jumped withjp economic growth jumped with jp morgan economic growth jumped withjp morgan chase and ca
In cutting the cost of borrowing for the first time in overfour years. The Federal Reserve have dropped the main Interest Rate in the worlds biggest economy by half a percentage point, bringing it down to between 4. 75 and 5 . A drop larger than many expected, with some wondering now if this reflects the scale of the problems facing the american economy or the success in getting the pace of price rises, inflation, close to the banks targets. The governor of the fed, Jerome Powell says the us economy is in good shape and they intend to keep it that way. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta has the details. The Federal Reserve has delivered a super sized Interest Rate cut aimed at bolstering the us Labour Market. The 0. 5 percentage cut, the first in over four years, brings its key Interest Rate, the federal funds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5 . It comes amid Signs Inflation in america is continuing to fall, while the Job Market remains strong, even as unemployment h
Jerome powell here in york, pennsylvania last year, some relief. Shes Been paying a higher rate on the Credit Card she uses to fund her Business. My Interest Rates have gone up, so my monthly payments have increased tremendously, so i would like to see the Interest Rates come Back down. Whenjerome powell visited this market, the Federal Reserve was watching closely to see if its Big Interest Rate hikes really were cooling inflation, even though it was tough and small Businesses. Thats aBout to change. Mr powell and his colleagues are set to Interest Rates. In york, the arrival of autumn marks a change. After raising Interest Rates 11 times, americas Central Bank is all But certain to unwind that, But how quickly they go down from here is still up for graBs. Perfectly like this on your porch, and then we price it less than picking up the pumpkins themselves. At this farm shop, the reBirth of the economy, as inflation falls closer to the feds official target of 2 , is yet another moment
Point to 3. 5 . So have those eurozone nations turned a corner on inflation . Joining me now is charles younes, deputy chief Investment Officer at financial Analysis Company fe info. Good to have you with us. Make that link for us. We saw that cut earlier in the week, and it seems as though it backs up that decision they made earlier. Yes, i fully agree with you on that point. The ecb has been very clear, they have been slow in Cutting Rates, and really it is about inflation. So the number given this week confirms that the ecb needs to be very slow in Cutting Rates. It that the ecb needs to be very slow in Cutting Rates. Slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests that slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests that the slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests that the european | suggests that the European Central Bank had a very different tactic versus the Bank Of England and the us federal reserve. What does it tell about their thinking and whether the