And is now the worlds fourth largest economy. It had been the second largest until china overtook it in 2010. Japan has also been battling a deflationary spiral for a generation, but that ended late last year. Mariko oi has been following the story for us from our asia business hub. What more can you tell us about ishibas economic manifesto . Well, his economic policies are still rather unclear. He has been criticised during the Election Campaign for lacking a clear economic vision. One thing we do know is that he was quite critical of the shinzo abe, who implemented investor friendly policies. During the Press Conference he held this evening he talked about how investors may have benefited, but not ordinary consumers, so we may see some changes there. The value of the japanese yen, it jumped the value of the japanese yen, itjumped because shigeru it jumped because Shigeru Ishiba itjumped because Shigeru Ishiba supported the independence of the central bank, as opposed to his oppositio
Thanks for joining us. The news continues now here on cnn and the fed makes a Jumbo Rate Cuts what it means for you and the global economy are now just 47 days away from the us president ial election. You polling is giving us greater insight into which way voters or leaning in three critical battleground states, according to a set of postdebate Quinnipiac University polls democratic president ial nominee Kamala Harris is leading her republican rival, Donald Trump, among likely voters in Pennsylvania And Michigan her Onepoint Lead in wisconsin is within the margin of error on wednesday, both nominees sort to get their messages out. Harris was In Washington where she slammed trumps Immigration Proposals or trump criticized his democratic rival at a Campaign Rally in New York its time to stop the lives, stopped the hoaxes, stop the smears, stopped the lawfare, the fake lawsuits against me, add stopped claiming your opponents will turn america into a dictatorship. Give me a break. Because
the reaction in asia so far has been mixed. Our north america business correspondent ritika gupta has the details. The federal reserve has delivered a super sized interest rate cut aimed at bolstering the us labour market. The 0. 5 percentage cut, the first in over four years, brings its key interest rate, the federal funds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5%. It comes amid signs inflation in america is continuing to fall, while the job market remains strong, even as unemployment has risen this year. The labour market is actually in solid condition and our intention with our policy move today is to keep it there. You can say that about the whole economy. The us economy is in good shape, it s growing at a solid pace, inflation is coming down. The labour market is in a strong pace. We want to keep it there. In addition, the committee setting rates released its latest forecast which showed policymakers expecting to cut rates by a further 0. 5%. That would us interest rates below 4. 5% b
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That s about to change. Mr powell and his colleagues are set to interest rates. In york, the arrival of autumn marks a change. After raising interest rates 11 times, america s central bank is all but certain to unwind that, but how quickly they go down from here is still up for grabs. Perfectly like this on your porch, and then we price it less than picking up the pumpkins themselves. At this farm shop, the rebirth of the economy, as inflation falls closer to the fed s official target of 2%, is yet another moment of change. We want stability. Isn t that what everyone wants? that means security. Stability means you can t predict what your business will do, how your community will grow, all those things, and that means you are secure. Still, on the outskirts of town, the first rate cut since the pandemic may not fix america s housing market. Ben rutt is director of marketing at keystone custom homes. He tells me, despite the mortgage squeeze, house prices here have remained high. Economi