Retailers have been fair to customers amid accusations they profiteered from the rising Cost Of Living. Good morning from old trafford where englands cricketers have work to do and fast on day two of their must win ashes fourth test. Whilst in new zealand, kick off is not far away now for the womens world cup can anyone stop defending champions the usa . Can anyone stop defending many can anyone stop defending will get a dry day today there many will get a dry day today but there will be showers to dodge. I will have the forecast here. Its thursday the 20th ofjuly. In an hour, senior Hospital Doctors in england will go on strike for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. Nhs bosses have warned of severe disruption, with thousands of appointments postponed. Its the first time consultants have taken part in Industrial Action in more than a decade. 0ur Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. We locked ourselves away. We did everything we should have done in covid to protect the nhs and n
Inflation the worlds biggest economy last month dampened expectations. That decision comes a day before Second Quarter gdp figures are released and many economists are expecting the us economy likely remained in expansion during the april to june period. Rounding off the week will be the bank ofjapan. Last month they saw core consumer prices, excluding food, rising higher than the banks Inflation Target so that put extra pressure on the central bank to tweet its altar easy monetary policy. I earlier spoke to naim aslam and he told me how he expected the fed to go. I think the Federal Reserve isnt under immense pressure, as they were before the inflation data, as you rightly pointed that out. Because inflation is sitting at 3 and im speaking about the headline inflation, which is not that much farther from the Federal Reserve s target of 2 and especially if you compare what this number was. It wasnt too long ago when we saw this number in double digits and falling all the way to 3 . Whe