and we will try to watch those throughout the programme but we will also look at some of the top business stories because they are developments in banking. first republic has failed in the us but it has been rescued and of course there are concerns about the wider banking industry and another us bank has collapsed and that has caused shock around the world. first republic will be taken over byjp morgan in a deal orchestrated by regulators and it has been under pressure for weeks as customers withdrew cash over worries about its future amid a rapid increase in interest rates. these coming just after the collapse of silicon valley bank. first republic has seen the deposits it held full sharply by more than $100 billion of the lost confidence in the bank and the rescue deal now meansjp morgan will take over $203 billion worth of loans and other securities from first republic. amid concerns about the health of the wider banking system, thejp morgan boss said this has helped to st
International monetary funds Chief Economist Pierre Olivier gourinchas. The imf and the world bank are having their annual meeting in marrakech and later today, Finance Ministers from the 620 and Central Bank Governors will be meeting to discuss the health of the Global Economy. According to the imf, Global Growth remains dampened by Supply Chain Disruptions linked to the covid 19 pandemic and russias war in ukraine, persistently high inflation, and spiralling borrowing costs. Heres our economics editor faisal islam. The message from the imf for the 190 Finance Ministers and central governor business in marrakesh is that the World Economy they hope had turned a corner after three years of rolling your clinical crisis. Well, it is limping forward rather than sprinting forward now with geopolitical crisis. Slowdowns in very specific countries like china that they had not expected. There is an additional worry about this new higher for longer Interest Rate world that might affect the bank