Our finder, and share, john herzog. And Sarah Keller has brought some amazing and of course this espn audience but he was referring to is that hed been introduced to a ph. D. Candidate who was very interested in Alexander Hamilton in early american financial history and you have to remember that this is well before the people who are more interested in hamilton, very few of us were interested in that and doing a deeper dive on the financial aspects of his vision. In our first look at bob was this ph. D. Thesis, 1300 pages. That is staggering. To put that into perspective, models a paltry 300, his is 1000 more. And it led to the first quid about bob. Which was that he cannot hold his ink. [laughs] well, fast forward some 20 years. Hes got 20 more books that hes either authored and that led to a second quid about bob is that he writes books faster than we can read them. Now, if you add to that five edited volumes, 65 scholarly articles, many of which have received awards. Im seriously on
strongly disagree with fitch s decision, and i believe it is entirely unwarranted. its flawed assessment is based on outdated data, and fails to reflect improvements across a range of indicators, including those related to governance that we ve seen over the past 2.5 years. that we ve seen over the past 2-5 yeas- that we ve seen over the past 2.5 ears. , ., , , 2.5 years. other democrats used the downgrade 2.5 years. other democrats used the downgrade as 2.5 years. other democrats used the downgrade as an 2.5 years. other democrats used the downgrade as an opportunityi the downgrade as an opportunity to point the finger at republicans. while republicans blamejoe biden and democrats for trillions of dollars in new spending. many economists dismiss the downgrade, includingjp morgan dismiss the downgrade, including jp morgan chase ceo who called it ridiculous and said that the decision ultimately didn t really matter. and he may not be wrong. us treasurers, that is govern
democratic presidentjoe 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? they re willin: what have you found? they re willing to what have you found? they re willing to give what have you found? they re willing to give him what have you found? they re willing to give him a - what have you found? they re willing to give him a pass, - willing to give him a pass, they re 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 eve
i strongly disagree with fitch s decision, and i believe it is entirely unwarranted. its flawed assessment is based on outdated data, and fails to reflect improvements across a range of indicators, including those related to governance that we ve seen over the past 2.5 years. other democrats used the downgrade as an opportunity to point the finger at republicans for their role in the recent debt limit fight. while republicans blame joe biden and democrats for trillions of dollars in new spending. many economists dismiss the downgrade, including jp morgan chase ceo jamie diamond, who called it ridiculous and said that the decision ultimately didn t really matter. and he may not be wrong. us treasuries, that is government ious, remain the bedrock of the global financial system, despite this latest knock to the reputation. expectations are high that it will raise rates again. if so, it could take the cost of borrowing up to a 15 year high. consumer inflation has come down more t
favour over the past month. we ve seen sterling rise that will help temper the price pressures from imports. we ve also seen other pressures in the markets where they ve been raising some questions about the bank of england s 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 that s also going in the bank s 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 we ve seen in the housing market, we ve seen it in some corporate insolvencies too. so that all leads back to this balancing act between crushing inflation, but avoiding a downturn it s a tight rope and we are probably approaching the m