welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that way. yet we re still seeing stronger pressure from price and wage setting in the economy in the question is, will that start to ease off? coinciding with the bank s decision came a profit announcement from shell and a rather blunt illustration of why we re all getting poorer. the oil and gas giant has reaped profits of £40 billion last year. the taxman has reaped far less. shell said it paid $1
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may have to retreat to avoid being captured. good morning, just after 5:30 am now, the travel show. this week on the travel show, a resurrection in the barrio. i found the role of playing jesus to be very exhausting. every day after the play, you are really exhausted because it is a very demanding day. 50 years of inter rail. very relevant today in terms of the green and sustainability, and also that wonderful thing slow travel. and, a night in the best house in belfast. not only am i staying in the same house, i m actually going to be sleeping in the very room that he had as a child. this week, i m in the capital city, belfast, recently the subject of a big feature film about the childhood of the actor, director kenneth granya, but i am here to find out more about another of the city s famous designs. you may guess who that is if you look at the statue behind me. first though, we are in germany to see an incredible, once in a decade performance of a play staged by a whole