Attacks by hamas gunmen took place. More than 300 young people attending the festival were killed others were taken hostage. It has been called israels 9 11 by some, and like the attack on the world trade center, its had massive repercussions around the world in both politics and economics. Michelle fleury has more on the global impact one year on. The middle East Conflict could add to the risks already facing the global economy. The escalation comes at a time of uncertainty around the upcoming us election and as china tries to stabilise its struggling economy. Economists warn the war could push up inflation if Trade Routes are disrupted, causing the cost of Oil And Shipping to rise. A big concern is whether any escalation could block the strait of hormuz, a major shipping channel. A third of Oil Tanker Traffic and one fifth of lng frozen gas passes through there. The Oil Markets are already reacting. The price of Brent Crude jumped 5 last thursday after President Biden said the us was
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England decide what to do with Interest Rates. The current uk base rate 5. 25 . But after we found out that wages, on average, are rising at their fastest level now in 20 years, could we see another rise in september. Joining me now is kallum pickering, whos the Senior Economist at berenberg bank. With your predictions, what are you thinking you will see here today . I you thinking you will see here toda . ~ , today . I think we might be surprised today . I think we might be surprised a today . I think we might be surprised a little today . I think we might be surprised a little to today . I think we might be surprised a little to the surprised a little to the upside but it not should not make much of a difference, the Bank Of England expecting 6. 8, markets expecting 6. 7, if it came at 6. 9 i would not be surprised because Petrol Prices rose over the month but it should be a big versus last month because the energy price comes down in the monthjuly. This should be another step down i
Guidance on whether or not the bank ofjapan will remain an outlier and keep its Interest Rates ultralow. I spoke to the International Groups in china is facing a Confidence Problem within the Consumption Sector as well problem within the Consumption Sector as well as problem within the Consumption Sector as well as the problem within the Consumption Sector as well as the corporate l sector as well as the corporate sector as well as the corporate sector and we had the simply and aggregate and data and there was released and is marginally weaker than expected and tomorrow, we have this operation, the expectations dont have much cuts in the way generally speaking, we could see an increase in probability of ten basis points and policy is not going to have a change its going to be tweaking to be accommodative. Imilli its going to be tweaking to be accommodative. Its going to be tweaking to be accommodative. Will be getting extra data and accommodative. Will be getting extra data and what ac
So what is driving this revival in bitcoin . Erin delmore reports. Its been more than two years since we have seen Bitcoin Cross the 60,000 mark, but the cryptocurrency did just that on wednesday, even soaring to 64,000. It may be closing in on its all time high of 68,000. There are a few reasons why crypto enthusiasts are fired up About Bitcoin these days, newly approved Spot Bitcoin Exchange traded funds have investors buzzing and there is a change coming up in april when bitcoin miners start getting less bitcoin for their efforts and the spectre of lesser supply fuels more demand. 0ne lesser supply fuels more demand. One more thing than any background here, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut Interest Rates this year, that stokes investors because interest in alternative investments like cryptocurrencies. But its not all smooth sailing, some uses of queen based global, the largest trip to exchange in the us unexpectedly saw their balances drop down to zero among the bitcoin buzz