Listen to kamala harris. Done before, which is to provide a Tax Cut for billionaires and big corporations which will result in 5 Trillion to americas deficit. Donald trump talked up his economic legacy as the debate moved onto the question of tarfiffs. Youll remember Mr Trump has recently been speaking about increasing tariffs on international goods. Lets have a listen. We are doing tariffs on other countries. Other countries after 75 years will pay us back after 75 years will pay us back after all we have done for The World. The tariff will be substantial in some cases. I took in the billions and billions of dollars from china. In fact, then never took the tariff of because it was so much money. We have had a terrible economy because inflation, which is known as a country buster, it breaks up countries, we have inflation like a very few people have ever seen before, public the worst in our nations history. To get both persepectives, Business Today spoke to greg swenson, chairman of Re
Well get into more detail on that in a moment but first, lets Take A Deeper Look now on whats happening with the us economy. According to data out in the last hour prices rose at an annual rate of 2. 5 in august. That was slightly less than the 2. 6 markets were expecting and down from 2. 9 injuly. If we look at Core Inflation though which strips out volatile elements such as Food And Fuel prices were rising at a faster rate 3. 2 . Dr sean snaith, director of the institute for economic forecasting at the university of central florida. Hejoins us now. Welcome. First of all, what a surprise of the cpi taking out volatile Food Energy prices. Does this take 50 Basis Point cut to Interest Rates off the table, when the fed meets later this month . Instead, itll more like 25 Basis Points cut . Was the fed behind the curve . Well, i think 50 points is off the table, personally, and i may be in the minority in which 25 is off the table. I think its a bit too soon to raise the mission accomplish
The Prime Minister has warned that the budget this october will be painful, in his first major speech from no 10 since becoming Prime Minister. Speaking in the rose garden, he said his government had inherited a black hole in the public finances, of £22 billion. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heaviest burden, he cautioned, but he also said there would be big asks of everyone. The conservatives responded by saying the speech was an indication that labour had been planning tax rises all along. Vicki young has our top story. Blue skies and sunshine, but the Prime Minister didnt come here to paint a rosy picture. He has accused the conservatives of wrecking the economy, leaving him to put it right. There is a budget coming in october. And it is going to be painful. We have no other choice, given the situation that we are in. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden. I will have to turn to the country, and make big asks of you as well. Its already
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