Its wednesday 25th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The uk economy is growing and at a faster rate than economists were expecting. The latest figures from the office for National Statistics paint a more positive picture of the economy. The figures show that the uk economy grew by 0. 4 between july and september. Most economists were expecting growth of 0. 3 which is how much the economy grew in the first two quarters. The bank of englands main Interest Rate is at the record low of 0. 25 . Todays Economic News increases the chances that the central bank will raise interests next month. Will raise Interest Rates next month. We can speak to our economics editor kamal ahmed. Why is the economy growing faster than many experts were predicting . think weve had better manufacturing news. Since the referendum, sterling has declined in value, which means oui has declined in value, which means our exports are has declined in value, which means oui exports are more has de
Asia pacific area. So weve had those treaty obligations for a long time. A long, long time. Secretary cohen . If i can followup on secretary browns answer. I think we have to be concerned what china thinks. We are up to, and also be concerned about what the Asian Countries believe is necessary. As seen, china is number one trading partner replacing the United States, were number four. To say the u. S. Is trying to contain china would be to sea all of the members of asean are trying to contain china, which is not the case. They want to continue to do business with china. But they dont want to be dominated, as secretary brown said. And that is a reason why this strategy on the part of the United States makes sense in the sense of how its being pursued. To say we have 2500 marines in darwin, australia, is not a containment strategy against china although the marines think so. To say were going to rotate four combat ships through singapore is not exactly a change in the balance of power. A
We do not know who will vote on their. Hard to pull off their. The sec. A lot of experience in the state. Text georgia . I am still somewhat convinced that goes to a runoff. 50 of the vote. Popular vote covert get a runoff. I would not be surprised if we say that kind of momentum that republicans are carrying make its way through the weekend, tuesday. The republicans are already calling in the lawyers. They should. It is that close. Its a silly mama mobile i love georgia because it is a state we will be talking about money 16, 2018, 2020. We saw with virginia, North Carolina and now georgia. Read states that were once turning purple in some cases loop. A case of demographics, very good candidate and michelle nunn. It is problematic. A is quite remarkable even bad year for democrats. That goes to show you demographic infrastructure that is going to be benefits for democrats i think going forward. Abouthave now talked georgia and louisiana, the places where there is possibility of a runo
Reports rollcall report indicates republican. The debate took place at randall college. [applause] you, mayor. It is now my pleasure to introduce our candidates. Is both an economics professor and a chair of our economics business department. Wife have two children. Tran drama tra mmell serves as an associate professional professor of sociology. He has been an indispensable resource at the college. Reside nearife virginia. Six of their children are in college. M also delighted [laughter] delighted to be sharing the stage with heather sullivan, in bestie twelves news anchor extraordinaire. 12, ourl thanks to nbc media sponsor, for its generosity and support. I will now ask heather to review the format, ground rules, and a corm. Thank you. Thank you to our audience members. Thank you to our candidates for being here. You have been given the rules and the format for the debate. I will give up quickly cap. Both candidates will each be given two minutes for an Opening Statement and two minu