helped to slow down the rate of price increases for non food products, which eased injanuary down from over 3% in december. i m joined now by shanti kelemen, chief investment officer at m&g wealth. good morning. this isjust what we want to hear before the bank of england has its first meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday. meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday- on thursday. yes, we will have a decision on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them - on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them on - a decision from them on interest rates, wiley expected to keep rates unchanged and thatis to keep rates unchanged and that is positive news for inflation and a prices, on the other side we do have the economy still not in a recession and wage growth has been pretty strong. there are some factors balancing inflation, thinking it might not be a sharp drop in the next few months. to not be a sharp drop in the
hello and welcome to the programme. i m lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. in the past hour, we re hearing from the sudan s army that they will facilitate evacuations of diplomats and nationals from the united states, the uk, france, china and saudi arabia, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. the latest development it seems that international pressure from those countries, could potentially, come to fruition and those nationals could now be leaving with the assistance of the army in sudan. you will remember that they were supposed to be a truce between the two sides, but so far that truce hasn t existed at all. let s take a quick look now and show you where this is all happening. the fighting is mainly around the capital of khartoum, we have so far a death toll of around 400 people are the latest estimates. it is a struggle for many people. you can hear gunshots ringing out, these a
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