Yes in the face of global slowing and trade uncertainties Wall Street analysts expect the Fed to announce a 3rd rate cut tomorrow beyond that they re unsure f.a.o. Economics Bob Brusca. Rates again I don t think that this will be the last one in the sequence another quarter point cut would take the key federal funds rate to a target range of one and a half to $1.00 and $3.00 quarters percent for n.p.r. News I m Steve backing or you re listening to n.p.r. News from Washington. Voters in the United Kingdom may soon hold a national election the opposition Labor Party has dropped its objection to the vote now that there s going to be a 3 month delay in Bracks it the ruling conservative party of Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to hold the election on December 12th but the exact date still needs to be chosen by lawmakers a foreign delegation is visiting Indian controlled Kashmir today for the 1st time since India imposed a lockdown on its northern Himalayan state N.P.R. s Lauren Frayer r
Rose one and a half percent from August on Wall Street today stocks lower the Dow dropped $1000.00 points you re listening to n.p.r. The soft professed king of coal and Ohio based Murray Energy Company have found for Chapter 11 bankruptcy c.e.o. Robert Murray is today saying the filing was necessary to access liquidity and position the company for a longer term success Murray Energy Like many coal companies are struggling as communities of switch from fossil fuels to less polluting energy like natural gas company has nearly 7000 employees and was the country s 4th biggest coproducer in 2018 with 13 active mines they used an Astros will attempt to secure their 2nd championship in 3 years in game 6 of the World Series tonight in Houston while the Washington Nationals hope to force a Game 7 used in Public Media s Michael Haggerty reports game 6 as a pitching rematch of game 2 the Astros and Justin Verlander to the mound hailed as a future Hall of Famer Verlander has been in this spot bef
Rudy Giuliani the federal budget deficit has soared the gap between revenues and spending now the widest it s been in 7 years as expenditures on defense Medicare and interest payments on the national debt balloon the shortfall while treasury secretary Steve Menuhin sent out a press release that says President Trump s economic agenda is working annual deficits have nearly doubled under the president s tenure notwithstanding an unemployment rate that is of multi-decadal lows but deficits usually shrink during times of economic growth and concerns linger that the Trump tax cuts from 2 years ago may not be able to pay for itself Jeff McKay Washington at least $9.00 major wildfires have broken out around California correspondent Lucy Cavanagh reports the Kincaid fire is only 10 percent contained it has been busy and here in the heart of wine country we ve seen truck after truck soon by fire crews racing to try to build containment lines there trying to save structures nearly 24000 structur
Accused of helping Rudy Giuliani take up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden an effort now at the center of the ongoing in Pietschmann inquiry into Trump Winsor Johnston n.p.r. News New York the number of coal fired power plants being built in Southeast Asia is declining according to a new report N.P.R. s Rebecca her show has details fired power plants contribute enormous amounts of greenhouse gases that cause global climate change in recent years Southeast Asia has been a hot spot for a new coal plant construction but a new report by the global energy monitor finds that the number of new plants has fallen dramatically for the 2nd year in a row hydro power is expected to take the place of coal in many parts of the region especially in the Mekong Delta where dozens of new dams are under construction but a 2nd report published today in the research journal Science advances warns that those dams block sediment and nutrients they could hurt fisheries downstream and make co
Skates in the wood junction not to say because of speed restrictions. And. This is previous season. Thank the veggies and you win again it s 9 minutes past 2 and it is a well thought Wednesday which means we are joined by a self-made millionaire and friend of the show Jill fielding Hello good afternoon how are you Alison I think it s also explaining just before the news that the kind of idea if you like behind wealth Wednesday was that you were going to take 12 months to get all of our finances in order I would like to announce I m now multi-millionaire No I m not but gee what I ve learned an awful lot and what I ve learned is that even the smallest of changes can actually make a big difference absolutely and I I saw easiest way to make an awful lot of money is to save a few quid every day maybe just a pound a die for a long time and that eventually will turn into a $1000000.00 quid and that s a lot easier than trying to Mike a 1000000 quid in one go so small and steady and I make bi