And has pulled talks of further rate increases off the table. Translation i would have to say that factors have arisen that make it necessary to think carefully about raising rates. We wont hike rates when markets are unstable. Lets pick up on that with Clayton Triick from the Investment Firm Angel Oak Capital advisers who joins us from atlanta. Ifi if i can pick up on the role that raising Interest Rates injapan plays in this, can you explain what that has to do with the Carry Trade and what is the Carry Trade . It is aood to and what is the Carry Trade . It is good to be and what is the Carry Trade . It is good to be on and what is the Carry Trade . It 3 good to be on again. It is a combination of a few factors, the Bank Ofjapan surprising with combination of a few factors, the Bank Of Japan surprising with policy in the last week, in combination with an underperforming Labour Market on friday. We got a pretty surprising jobs report here in the united states, at the same time, earlie
those the 2024 presidential ballot. counting has begun ir after those counting has begun in pakistan after a campaign marred by violence. president zelensky fires the chief of the army. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. let s round up the business news of the day. we start with the entertainment giant disney whose share values have climbed by nearly 10% today after better than expected earnings were posted after the bell on wednesday. disney followed up with hand outs for investors in the form of share buy backs and bigger dividends. along with a number of major deals and upcoming events that clearly has markets excited. erin delmore is in new york for us. first of all, those investors will be pretty happy today, won t they? they well and they will be even happier if they check the stock price is right now. what is this news based on? a great earnings report yesterday from disney and from good news for inves
crash hitting demand for goods and pushing down prices. joining me now is mark williams chief asia economist at capital economics. these figures will not make for welcome reading once again. just looking at the stats there, the biggest contraction since 2009. why? critics succes what is going on here is yellow let s start with. the weeks ahead is yellow let s start with. the weeks ahead of is yellow let s start with. tue: weeks ahead of chinese is yellow let s start with. tte: weeks ahead of chinese new is yellow let s start with. he weeks ahead of chinese new year, is yellow let s start with. me: weeks ahead of chinese new year, we often see quite big changes in prices in china. that s probably tucked down the date forjanuary a little bit but the big picture is that china has been in deflation for a while. that is pointing to widespread weakness in the economy. there is a lack of confidence there and it is notjust consumer prices that have been falling, we have also b
now is thejournalist megan the paparazzi injoining me now is the journalist a real commentator thank you so much for staying on the line and i know they did not want to abruptly end the conversation but the point you re trying to make there is there is a high level of interest and ijust wanted to get your understanding of how much is instigated by them and how much is instigated by them and how much is the fault of the press? there is a ridiculously high level of interest in harry and meghan and those programmed by how the story was reported yesterday and in the front pages of the papers today and editors and readers alike very much interested in harry and meghan and with the get up to in this paparazzi is, the one that showed in the car or going into a building with so much more than red carpet shots especially. still, there is still huge interest in them would harry and megan wanted when he stepped back as working royals was to be able to control the narrative, to put what
president zelensky, on his first visit to the uk since the russian invasion, thanks politicians for their support but urges the uk to give fighterjets to ukraine. the writing on the helmet reads: we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. drama at disney, 7,000 jobs to go. the entertainment giant cuts costs, as streaming customers fall for the first time. and, praise continues to pour in for nba superstar lebronjames, after he becomes the competition s all time leading points scorer. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than 12,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which hit the region early on monday morning. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort, with many complaining they ve had no help trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, state controlled media is reporting that some 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria sh