16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
Of 1 . The Treasury Curve off the back commentsllen steepening just a little bit. Alix a little bit of a risk on feel except in portions of the currency market. The yen gets a good bid. , stephansshocker just a touch over 60 basis points. South of south of 58, 57, a lot of people denying what the yield curve could mean. My question is at what point did the yield curve become real for the deniers . The is it the number or speed . Crude prices are more expensive now than in two months. An interesting phenomenon. Time for your morning brief. The u. K. Delivering its autumn budget. The data dump, jobless claims, durable goods, and it 2 00 releasing the minutes from the last Monetary Policy meeting. Breaking headlines for you, Rockwell Automation rejecting the unsolicited proposal trump emerson. Rockwell rejecting the emerson. Ed bid from we heard potentially we would hear a bit come in as emerson tries to change its business. Cavalli put success of the deal says a than 20 as he different s
Today. I lost count of number of record hit since trump took oval office. Got to mention bitcoin. Talk about volatility . Up and down thousands of dollars per hour, right now the price top of the screen in the middle, 15,575,000 per bitcoin. Got it. Politics, you will hear the words due process a lot. Two highprofile departures for alleged sexual misconduct. Trent franks, arizona republican, he asked two female staffers about being surrogate mothers. He is out. Harold ford, high level wall street guy. He denies harassing a woman but he has been fired. Well update the disasterous california fires for you in just a moment. Varney company is just about to bin. To begin. Stuart more on the solid jobs report. Look at this, the Southern California wildfires. Wild indeed, ashley. Ashley six large wildfires burning 140,000acres. We had a new one break out near the san diego area. It ripped through a retirement community. These are like trailers. Golf course there. Dozens of homes burning. Peop
Store continues in jackson, mississippi. Our guest is Mississippi Attorney general jim hood. To it 30, more on efforts avoid a Government Shutdown this week, and volatility in the financial markets. We will talk to Carolyn Maloney. Host good morning. Its wednesday, february 7, 2018. The house is in a 9 00 a. M. This morning, the Senate Reconvenes at 11 30. The looming deadline is tomorrow at midnight, when funding runs out on the current spending plan and when another shutdown would begin unless a deal is reached. Lawmakers from both parties say they are close to coming up with a twoyear spending agreement, but yesterday, President Trump ofed an element uncertainty. We will talk about that this morning on the washington journal. As we do, we want to hear from you. Republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. Morning to you. You can start calling in now. The president
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