As much as 5 Billion each day according tojpmorgan analysts. Us retailers, automakers and other businesses now face Ballooning Freight rates ahead of the crucial festive shopping season. Large retailers have pulled forward imports of much of their Holiday Merchandise and made reservations with west Coast Ocean and Rail Carriers in hopes of avoiding any disruption. Lets speak to peter sand, chief analyst at xeneta, an Ocean Freight analytics firm. Hello to you. I know you have already calculated what this could mean if the Strike Action goes ahead, so do tell us more. A disruption like this always comes at a bad time for European Exporters into North America as well as North American exporters out of thE East Coast And Gulf coast. It will be impacted at first but this seems to be a first for almost 50 years, has the potential not only to lift Freight Rates higher due to the disruption from the strike, but certainly also to have wider implications, one or two months later down the road w
Also the removal of the purchased restrictions in some of chinas largest cities. Finally, we havent seen it yet but it is very likely that it is likely to rule out another round of fiscal stimulus. So this is, i will say that this is something we havent seen in a couple of years, since the early 20105 after the financial project, its a clear message that the government is willing to increase its support for the economic growth and people 5 confidence. You mention two other arrow5, confidence. You mention two otherarrows, it confidence. You mention two other arrow5, it does have a target of 5 growth for this year. Achieving 5 growth, it is already at the later stages of the year and looks like the growth in the first quarter will probablyjust 4. 6 or 4. 7 and you need a lot more effort to really hit that growth target. Talking of efforts to try and reboot growth, thailand will start handing out 300 to every Citizen Part of a 14 Billion stimulus package. The scheme has been criticised b
A stable environment for us businesses. She promised Tax Incentives to make the Middle Class the engine of americas prosperity. It comes a day after former President Trump threatened to hit us firms with hefty tariffs on their goods if they move manufacturing abroad. Donald trump has consistently polled better on the economy a few short months ago he was 12 points ahead Ofjoe Biden on the issue. But that lead has declined sharply since Kamala Harris became his opponent. Our North America Business Correspondent Michelle Fleury has more. Vice president Kamala Harris laid out her vision for Americas Economy in the Battleground State of pennsylvania. The american people face a choice between two fundamentally very different paths for our economy. I intend to chart a new way forward and grow americas Middle Class. Donald trump intends to take america backward to the failed policies of the past. Miss harris said her plan would lower costs for american families, invest in entrepreneurs and en
To European Markets opening up, and the close in asia saw significant gains in Hong Kong and japan. The picture there is across the world, that is last night but this is what we are drawing our attention to here, the Hang Seng up by almost 4 and then Ak Injapan up by 3 as well. For more, joining me now is rory green, chief China Economist at t5 lombard. How significant are the new measures . It isa it is a significant Step Up in stimulus from beijing. What we have had announced so far, and we have got clarity on the monetary Side And Today the Politburo Set for september gave us an indication, we do not yet know the size of a fiscal stimulus and that will be crucial to assess the acceleration of growth. As you touched on, until traders are loving these signs and china assets are ripping higher. Observers have been saying for quite some time that beijing needs to do something dramatic to stimulate its economy. Why has it waited so long or until this point to do so . It has it waited so
To arguments in lebanon with 75 targets hit overnight. These are the latest pictures we are getting in from lebanon. The latest strikes happened close to the Border with syria, and supposedly hit rockets and buildings. Overthe supposedly hit rockets and buildings. Over the last few days, the lebanese Health Industry says it is 13 people were killed in those later strikes, with more than 550 people killed since the strike started. Benjamin netanyahu has. There has been speech saying there will be no ceasefire. Our Middle East correspondent, Hugo Bachega updated us on the latest developments from beirut. Despite all these growing calls for a ceasefire along the lebanon israel Border, we havent seen indications from Israel And Hezbollah that they are interested in de escalation. The israeli military says its airstrikes targeting hezbollah positions continue this morning. The lebanese authorities are saying that at least four people have been confirmed dead as a result of the attacks happe