Im jane dougall. Job done england are top of the group after their showdown against wales. A convincing win in the autumn nations cup puts them through to the final. Liverpool might be top of the table Butjurgen Klopp was furious at dropping points after conceeding a penalty to brighton in the dying moments. And hit for six. Portsmouth are through to the third round of the fa cup after thumping non league side kings lynn town. Well have a round up of all todays results. Welcome to the programme. England were expected to win and they got the job done, securing the top spot in their autumn nations cups group. Despite wales going ahead in the first few minutes, england were the far superior side, winning21i 13. It guarantees their place in next months final where theyll play either scotland or france. Drew savage was watching. The stance may be empty, the atmosphere not the same, but whatever the situation, this rivalry still burns bright. Right now though england are on top of their game
Domestic economy has not done so well and consumption is down on the quarter and investment spending is treading water. In that respect it would be premature to say the japanese economy is Out Of The Woods but it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky balance it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky balance for it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky balance forjapan because they have been trying to boost inflation unlike some other g7 economies yet they are having a problem, people arent feeling confident in purchasing and buying things there. How do they balance this . They balance this . Indeed, thats the they balance this . Indeed, thats the milliondollar i thats the Million Dollar question right now. Weve had a pretty good result for these spring Wage Negotiations this year and wage growth is picking up year and wage growth is picking up injapan so in that respect things are changing. But the wage gains we are seeing now are not
Has to do with industries that touch on National Security concerns. One of the things that china had introduced over the weekend, theyre offering Tax Incentives as well as help with visas. But is that going to work . I dont think so. Not right off the bat. And i think the State Council recently issued some guidelines in an attempt to essentially make investments in china more attractive. And i think it shows us three major things. The first is that it demonstrates that china knows that its got a problem. Its economy is slowing. Its got a housing bubble, unemployment is particularly high and Foreign Investment is beginning to slow down. The second thing is theyre saying the right things, that theyre providing Tax Incentives and theyre trying to theyre indicating that theyre going to protect intellectual Property Rights and theyre trying to make the country look more attractive for foreign investors. But i think the third thing is the most important, and thats us companies and Multinatio
Provide hints of whether the Bank Of Japan provide hints of whether the bank ofjapan will continue to remain an outlier and keep Interest Rates ultra low. Earlier, spoke to fidelity international s Catherine Yeung, who told me china is facing a confidence problem. Just this lack of confidence both within the Consumption Sector as well as the corporate sector. So if fact last friday we had julys M2 Money Supply and aggregate Financial Data released and it was marginally weaker than expected. So tomorrow, in fact, we have this element of operations all the expectations are for no cuts in the benchmark, generally speaking, we could see a slight increase in probability of a ten basis point rate cut. So again policy isnt going to outright change, it is going to be this continuing tweaking to be this continuing tweaking to be accommodated. Be this continuing tweaking to be accommodated. Tomorrow we will aet be accommodated. Tomorrow we will get some be accommodated. Tomorrow we will get some
Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This,