Good morning, it is saturday, september 21st. I am Alecia Menendez with michael steele. Symone Sanders Townsend has the day off. Americans are starting to cast their ballots. And the Vice President makes a passionate, new plea of the stakes of the race. Plus, georgia changes The Way the votes will be counted in the state. Lucky losers. New york times winning is back a new look at the funny story about trumps financial organs origins. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to The Weekend. D. Can you believe it, folks . We are just 45 days from the election of the next President Of The United States and voters are already heading to the polls in some states. Early inperson voting kicked off friday in minnesota, south dakota, and virginia. Overnight, in arizona, The State Supreme Court just guaranteed full Ballot Access for nearly 100,000 voters following a dispute over a clerical error related to the States Proof of citizenship requirements for voting. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala H
Cut of half a Percentage Point on wednesday has spurred investors sending us markets into record highs. Traders cheered the Central Banks big call cutting the main Interest Rate to between 4. 75 and 5 . Opening the door with a bang on the first rates Easing Cycle in more than four years. President biden hailed the move as good news for consumers but said there was more work to be done in taming inflation. Lets be clear. The fed lowering Interest Rate is not a declaration of victory, its a declaration of victory, its a declaration of victory, its a declaration of progress. Its a Signal Weve entered a new phase for a colony and are recovery. I believe its important for the country to recognise this process because we dont, the progress we made will remain locked in the fear of negative mindset dominating our economic outlook since the pandemic began. Fed officials have made it clear that this cut was only the beginning and investors seem to have liked what they heard. For more, lets get
In cutting the cost of borrowing for the first time in overfour years. The Federal Reserve have dropped the main Interest Rate in the worlds biggest economy by half a percentage point, bringing it down to between 4. 75 and 5 . A drop larger than many expected, with some wondering now if this reflects the scale of the problems facing the american economy or the success in getting the pace of price rises, inflation, close to the banks targets. The governor of the fed, Jerome Powell says the us economy is in good shape and they intend to keep it that way. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta has the details. The Federal Reserve has delivered a super sized Interest Rate cut aimed at bolstering the us Labour Market. The 0. 5 percentage cut, the first in over four years, brings its key Interest Rate, the federal funds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5 . It comes amid Signs Inflation in america is continuing to fall, while the Job Market remains strong, even as unemployment h
Caution at the Bank Of England. It keeps Interest Rates on hold but the governor tells us they are optimistic that Borrowing Costs are on the Path Down. Over on Wall Street though the party is back on. Shares hit a new Record High as the fed says the economys in a good place despite Itsjumbo Rate cut billion dollar breaks Australias Economy rides a wave of interest in surfing. It is the government fully with the sport . All those puns to come a little later in the programme. We start here in the uk where the bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has said Interest Rates are now gradually on the Path Down despite the Banks Decision to keep the cost of borrowing on hold today. The banks main rate was left at 5 after it was cut last month for the first time in more than four years. The bank ratcheted up Interest Rates to try and control inflation which hit a peak of 11. 1 back in 2022. Since then inflation has been brought down significantly its sitting just above the banks target curre
Vaccines. Virus deaths hit a record in the u. S. And in italy. And finding a compromise, opec agrees to slowly add more oil year after days of tense talks. Saudi arabias Energy Minister called the process of excruciating. Welcome to the program, everybody. Welcome to the European Market open. It has just gone 7 00 here in london. German factory orders rising 2. 9 month on month. The estimate was for an increase of 1. 5 . That was better than anticipated. Factory orders arising year on year, 1. 8 . The estimate was 0. 2. We have seen a continuation of growth coming through. We will see what momentum is like in the further winter months. Another story out of germany, potentially more interesting, perhaps. Germany has agreed to extend a to preventr bankruptcies as the economy is hit by the second wave of the pandemic. Germany is extending its 37 billiondollar backstop for Credit Insurance by another six months in the month of june. The industry will surrender 60 of remittance to the gover