And Maja Stark looked like they might squander a strong position in their match against Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho but they held their nerve on the last hole to claim europes first point. The Afternoon Fourballs are just getting under way. Well the fourballs have just got under way. And once again, the Home Side had Barack Obama on hand for support again, after surprising them at the pre match dinner, the former president turned up at the first tee to help get the team fired up for the second round of match play. Quite near washington, dc, this course. Great britains davis Cup Tennis Team are hoping to move a step closer to the finals in november. They won their Opening Group Tie against finland on wednesday and are now taking on argentina as we speak at the manchester arena. They are 1 0 down in the tie though after Dan Evans lost in straight sets to tomas martin etcheverry, despite saving five match points. So all eyes are now on the british Number One jack draper, whos back in t
In eight games. However their poor Form Isnt expected to cost them a place at the World Cup, with the top six South American teams automatically gaining qualification. Holders argentina still top the standings despite a 2 1 defeat in columbia, where they were without lionel messi. Its long been talked about but now its official. Former Tottenham And Chelsea Boss Mauricio Pochettino will become the new manager of the United States mens team. Pochettino replaces Gregg Berhalter who was sacked injuly. The argentine s described the opportunity to lead the usa into the 2026 World Cup as one he couldnt pass up. Theyll co host the tournament along with canada and mexico, but theres plenty of work to be done after they were beaten by canada last week, and on Tuesday Drew I i with new zealand. The training is good in this camp. They showed up. Dont really know what happened in the first game but now they showed up. Now it is do it over and over and over again so it becomes a habit, it is the on
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