at an annual rate of half a percent injuly, although the price of services has continued to rise. that s raised hopes that after 11 hikes in the cost of borrowing, the fed may have won the battle against soaring inflation. all eyes now are on official employment numbers for august out later today. the fed will want to see a continued slowdown in hiring and pay rises. we certainly got an indication from thejobs report we certainly got an indication from the jobs report and from the adp report that the jobs could be weaker than anticipated, which would be good because that implies the fed might not need to raise rates september or november. also unemployment rate remaining very low and the hourly wages actually being equal to or less than last month, so again, inflationary pressure is probably coming down. let s speak to joshua mahony, chief market analyst at scope markets. has the fed nailed this? has it achieved a possible dream soft landing for the us economy, tackling infla
more than 100 schools in england have been told by the government that they must shut buildings immediately that have been built using what s known as crumble risk concrete. it s a type of lightweight concrete that is prone to collapse. some schools will have to relocate children to other teaching spaces until safety work is carried out. we have not yet been told which schools are affected. our education editor, branwen jeffreys, reports. yellow temporary classrooms in bradford, the stairs being craned into place today, an emergency measure just days before term starts, part of the building closed forfear starts, part of the building closed for fear of a starts, part of the building closed forfear of a sudden starts, part of the building closed for fear of a sudden collapse. parents absorbing the news. i for fear of a sudden collapse. parents absorbing the news. i heard about the school, parents absorbing the news. i heard about the school, there parents absorbing the n
lots of showers around at those temperatures, although coming down, are actually still generally going to be a little bit above average and thatis to be a little bit above average and that is something we have rarely seen so far this september. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories age, but thousands ofjobs are now at risk. the indian owners of the port talbot plant in south wales, tata, say a deep restructuring will be required but the coal filled blast furnaces will be replaced by an electric furnace. in and of itself it will eliminate 1.5% of the uk s carbon emissions. is this part of a coherent strategy to green our economy or the latest last minute brandishing of the chequebook? we re in port talbot tonight. what does the situation here tell us about the uk s willingness to fully fund the green transition, and also about that transition s potential social costs? we will discuss this with a cabinet minister and the unio
The traffic light system has been criticised, could we see changes to that? that is a system telling you which countries you can and can t visit, and how long you have to quarantine for on return. that might be simplified. the speculation and uk newspapers is that the amber list category may go and they can reduce the amount of countries on the reckless, the countries on the reckless, the countries you aren t meant to travel to and would need to quarantine on return. 0n the red list. there is pressure on the government to change these measures to encourage more people to be vaccinated, and to save thousands ofjobs at risk, potentially, when the fellow scheme ends at the end of the month. we understand these measures still need to be signed off, and an announcement will come, at the earliest, friday afternoon. thank you for the update.