Of cracking the uk market. Live from London, This is business today. It This is business today. IS Packed. Im saLLy bundock. This is business today. Lets get going. We start with AL Chip maker nvidia. Its Record Rise to one of the worLds most vaLuabLe companies has wowed WaLL Street. Now, its breaking records again, but not in the way it wanted. On tuesday, nvidia Lost the most Stock Market VaLue in a day of any company in us history aS Part of a steep seLL off that Hit Tech shareS ParticuLarLy hard. Nvidia continued to faLL after hours as bLoomberg reported that it has received subpoenas from the Department Ofjustice, which is investigating whether it has been abusing its dominance of the market for AL Chips. Lets just show you the numbers because they are pretty staggering. ALmost 279 BiLLIon that was the amount wiped off the vaLue of nvidia over the course of the trading day. It adds to Losses Last week after the companys forecasts disappointed investors. Nvidia has been the corners
Is on the road to recovery. Joining me now is kathleen brooks, Research Director at the stockbrokers xtb. No great surprise the bank didnt decide to make a move on rates. The forecast is still later in the year but it is interesting when we look at how those members of the mpc voted, we get a sense of what could happen next. Voted, we get a sense of what could happen next happen next. Absolutely, the two members that happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted for happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted for a happen next. Absolutely, the two members that voted for a hike i happen next. Absolutely, the two | members that voted for a hike last month and for the last five months before all the other members, or most of the other members, were voting to remain on hold, they moved to the other side so they are no longer looking for rate hikes, so that has made the path to cuts much easier on the market has made a huge s
A persistent Gender Pay Gap and sexism in the city as bad as ever, is there much for the Business World to celebrate . And, groomed for success how the pampered pooches at crufts are part of a booming pet economy tipped to hit half a trillion dollars by 2030. A very warm welcome to the programme. The greatest Comeback Story never told thats how President Biden has described his handling of the us economy, as he delivered his state of the Union Address in the last few hours. It is a Comeback Story for sure. Since the president took office in 2021, the us has put the pandemic firmly behind it, performing better than most other developed economies, with strong jobs growth and buoyant consumer spending. But that is not how Many Americans see it. Soaring inflation means the cost of living is simply much higher than when he took office. And the polls reflect that. President biden s average Approval Ratings are at a record low ofjust 38 . When asked in an nbc poll who would do a betterjob ha
here s where the bank s base rate stands at the moment at 5.25% it is the highest in 15 years. the bank has raised the cost of borrowing fourteen times to try and tame soaring prices but inflation has eased sharply in recent months and the expectation now is that rates may soon start to come down. however, for those in the uk hoping for cheaper mortgages and loans there was something of a bad omen in the us, where the chair of the federal reserve seemed to dash expectations of a rate cut next month. as michelle fleury reports. the fourth meeting in a row, the federal reserve did not raise interest rates. this is the longest pause since policymakers began their aggressive rate campaign to tame inflation back in march of 2022. but for rate weary americans, well, they will likely have to wait a few more months to see any relief, given these comments by the federal chair. based on the meeting today, i would tell you that i don t think it s likely that the committee will reach a
of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 much stronger than expected. that s raised hopes that the us federal reserve might have achieved a soft landing getting inflation under control by raising borrowing costs without crashing the economy. the strong economic numbers helped stoke an ongoing rally on us stock markets. both the dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 closed at new record highs on thursday. and traders weren t the only ones celebrating. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for th