Thank you. And thats bbc news at ten. Theres more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the almost a year since the start of the Women Life Freedom Protests in iran, we have a Special Report with defiant voices inside the country as the Morality Police double down on the repression of women. So how should the uk calibrate relations with iran . Well be joined by a Iranian American Human Rights researcher whose father was a political prisoner who died under house arrest and the former uk ambassador to iran. Also tonight, to raise or not to raise should the Bank Of England hike the Interest Rate tomorrow, or can the economy do its own work now . Two senior economists argue it out. The upcoming ruthergen and Hamilton West by election expected to be a major Snp Labour Battle could be a bellwether for the general
it would be a brave, orfoolhardy, person who betted against a bank of england rate rise tomorrow of a quarter of a percent to try to give inflation another dunt on the head. but could this be it? have the majority of the conditions that drove inflation up either been tackled of have disappated? labour market shortages, supply chain blockages, and the explosion in the energy price. on the other hand, wage inflation is a long term prospect which the bank of england feels it has to counter for longer. misery a favourite word injournalism. and if there s one upside to all the misery of all the rain this summer, it offers journalists a handy analogy when talking about the uk economy. the interest rate currently 5% looks set to rise again tomorrow for the 14th time in a row. that s the bank of england waving an even bigger brolly at the dark clouds of inflation. while savers, if they re savvy, benefit from the rate rises,
so i think there s just lots of different impact on the market. anna, thank you so much, we appreciate you getting up so early. anna mcdonald there. let s now look at the situation and some of the challenges in the us. president biden has insisted the us economy is in a strong position as it enters the holiday season, thanks to action taken by the government to free up supply chain blockages and tackle the rising cost of living. he has promised soaring prices will ease, and said measures to clear bottlenecks at american ports are taking effect. we have more goods than ever and a lot of those good come through our port. 40% of the goods that come into the country on the west coast come through two ports, los angeles and long beach. to help relieve congestion and i ve put together labour and management and asked them to step up and co operate more. to move forward and operate in those ports, not five days a week a0
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