Democratic President Joe Biden. If the election were today, the polls show biden claiming 43 of registered voters. Tying with former president trump, who also sits right at 43 . Earlier, Iasked Pollster and communication strategist frank luntz for his thoughts on Republican Voters as we inch closer to the start of the primary season. Frank, great to have you back on the bbc. You have been speaking with the Republican Voters around this is an indictment on the januar the six investigation, what have you found . Theyre willin what have you found . Theyre willing to what have you found . Theyre willing to give what have you found . Theyre willing to give him what have you found . Theyre willing to give him a what have you found . Theyre willing to give him a pass, willing to give him a pass, theyre willing to. They see this as victimisation, they see this as victimisation, they see this as victimisation, they see this as persecution. In fact, what i found is that every time he gets indict
Favour over the past month. Weve seen sterling rise that will help temper the Price Pressures from imports. Weve also seen other pressures in the markets where theyve been raising some questions about the Bank Of Englands credibility, as in Mortgage Rates going up without decisions being made that has all calmed down, too. And the public s expectations of where inflation is going, which were really very high, have now begun to temper. So thats also going in the banks favour. But a crucial issue is that they have raised rates by 5 the impact of that has really taken some time to filter through into the economy, there is sort of turning the type of rate rises on. Turning the tap. We are beginning to see the impact of that now weve seen in the Housing Market, weve seen it in some corporate insolvencies too. So that all leads back to this Balancing Act between crushing inflation, but avoiding a downturn its a tight rope and we are probably approaching the most narrow, trickiest part of tha
on a long term downward trend in the us s standard of governance, which it says makes it more likely that us won t be able to pay back its ious. fitch s move has caused fear, consternation and condemnation across the board as our north america business correspondent michelle fleury explains. just like everybody has a credit report to determine how much they can borrow, the us government has its own credit report and for the first time since 2011 that rating has been downgraded from aaa to aa+ fitch said. the assault on the capital onjanuary 6th was a factor in its decision, contributing to what they perceive as a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years. from wall street to washington, reaction was swift us markets tumbled, with tech stocks leading the nasdaq lower while bond investors pushed up treasury yields higher. in washington, treasury secretary janet yellen reacted with anger. i strongly disagree with fitch s decision, and i believe it is entir
puzzling and unwarranted . 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. just like everybody has a credit report to determine how much they can borrow, the us government has its own credit report and for the first time since 2011 that rating has been downgraded from aaa to aa+ fitch said. the assault on the capital onjanuary 6th was a factor in its decision, contributing to what they perceive as a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years. from wall street to washington, reaction was swift us markets tumbled, with tech stocks leading the nasdaq lower while bond investors pushed up treasury yields higher. in washington, treasury secretary janet yellen reacted with anger. i strongly disagree with fitch s decision, and i believe it is entirely unwarranted. its flawed assessment is based on outdated data and fails