Delivered a supersized cut aimed at bolstering the us market. The first in over four years brings its key interest rate, the federal funds rate, its key interest rate, the federalfunds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5 . It comes amid signs that inflation in america is continuing to fall while Thejob Market America is continuing to fall while the Job Market remains strong as unemployment has risen this year. Risen this year. The Labour Market is risen this year. The Labour Market is actually risen this year. The Labour Market is actually in risen this year. The Labour Market is actually in solid| market is actually in solid condition, and our intention with condition, and our intention with our condition, and our intention with our Policy Move to is to keep with our Policy Move to is to keep it with our Policy Move to is to keep it there. You can say that about keep it there. You can say that about the keep it there. You can say that about the whole economy. The us economy about the wh
The entire country has emitted as much Carbon Dioxide since the 19505 as americans have in wait for it the last three days and in the uk, conservationists declare an emergency, as Butterfly Numbers fall to their lowest on record. We start this hour in the Middle East, where at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a new wave of attacks in lebanon this time its Walkie Talkies that have been detonated. The latest blasts come just 2a hours after pagers used by the armed Group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 3,000 in hospital. Iran which backs hezbollah has described the attacks as mass murder. Hezbollah is blaming israel and has vowed to retaliate. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant says the country is opening a new phase in the Gaza War and the Centre Of Gravity is shifting to the north. 0ur Senior International Correspondent 0rla Guerin sent this report from beirut. Hezbollah, coming to bury its
Strike by the us on syria. We will get the inside track on how facebook is stepping up the fight against fake news and the rest of the weeks big tech stories including a story on tesla. Talking of fa ke including a story on tesla. Talking of fake news its currently a hot topic so today we want to know which stories have caught you out and how did you realise . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbc biz live. A warm welcome to the programme. The us president has been holding his first face to face meeting with his chinese counterpart. Trade and north korea were supposed to be at the top of the agenda but the summit has been overshadowed by the us carrying out missile strikes on Syrian Government air bases. Those were in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack this week. In florida, donald trump said discussions with xi had been long and he was confident they would develop a great relationship. They are the leaders of the worlds two biggest economies and they have been expected to
NEW YORK, April 21 ― Major US stock indexes ended lower yesterday after disappointing quarterly reports from companies including Tesla and AT&T, while investors sought clarity.
NEW YORK, Dec 15 ― US stocks closed lower in volatile trading yesterday following a policy announcement by the Federal Reserve that raised interest rates by an expected 50.