welcome to our look at the top business stories. i m lukwesa burak. today, global markets will be watching the latest us inflation data for clues as to whether the federal reserve might move again on interest rates. inflation was 3.7% over the 12 months to september which is the same rate recorded for august. while inflation has cooled significantly from last year, it remains higher than the 2% target. this month, the us central bank held its key interest rate at its current 22 year high as it seeks to stabilise price rises, which had recently reached near record levels. joining me now is steven blitz, chief us economist, ts lombard. hello and welcome to the programme. hello and welcome to the programme- hello and welcome to the - programme. what are programme. thank you. what are ou programme. thank you. what are you expecting programme. thank you. what are you expecting later programme. thank you. what are you expecting later today? - programme. thank you. what are
Election in living memory, posing major risks for the euro and the eu itself. Plus, riding the Economic Cycle the imf says Global Growth is finally moving up a gear, and the boss of Harley Davidson agrees. We have a Special Report from milwaukee in americas midwest. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron helsehurst. Give me eight minutes and i will try, i will try, give me eight minutes and i will try, iwill try, nine, nine minutes they are telling me by the time i finished this, it will be eight also coming up electric cars are dominating the shanghai auto show. We are going to plug in for the latest from our correspondent there. But first, we start in france, where the shootings in paris have interrupted final campaigning in what was already being called the most unpredictable president ial election in living memory. Centrist favourite Emmanuel Macron and far right Marine Le Pen look likely to go through after sundays vote to a run off on may 7. But they are closely followed by c
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