0ur Correspondent Michelle Fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. Tell us what s going on there and all along the coast. We know the strike is about wages and automation, what s going on with the talks . Right now theres not much going on on on the docks, normally you might see some of the grains over their moving, containers being loaded, and off loaded from giant containerships, but all of that stopped at midnight last night. That is when the Master Contract between the union workers and the us Maritime Alliance expired, and the fight over wages and automation continues to rage and there is little agreement between them on this issue. So right now we are one of the Picket Lines here in newjersey, where workers have gathered short while ago, they stood in a long line singing, no automation, no automation. And we ve heard from the White House in the last few hours 7 what are they saying . How does this get solved . When it comes to critical infrastructure which ports are, and as
I m ritika gupta. Welcome to business today, live from New York, us shares have made a strong start this thursday as investors wrap their heads around Thatjumbo Half Percent cut in Interest Rates from the Federal Reserve and later comments from chairjerome powell. Was it a Panic Measure in response to a sharp slowdown in the economy . Traders remember similar moves just before the Dotcom Crash the Global Financial Crisis and the pandemic. Well, in his Press Conference Mr powell was keen to dispel any such negative thoughts. The us economy is in a good place and our Decision Today is designed to keep it there. More specifically the economy is growing at a solid pace. Inflation is coming down closer to our 2 objective over time and the Labour Market is still in solid shape. Our intention is really to maintain the strength that we currently see in the us economy. Lets bring in steven schoenfeld, ceo of financial Data Provider marketvectors here in New York. We see equities rallying today.
Caution at the Bank Of England. It keeps Interest Rates on hold but the governor tells us they are optimistic that Borrowing Costs are on the Path Down. Over on Wall Street though the party is back on. Shares hit a new Record High as the fed says the economys in a good place despite Itsjumbo Rate cut billion dollar breaks Australias Economy rides a wave of interest in surfing. It is the government fully with the sport . All those puns to come a little later in the programme. We start here in the uk where the bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has said Interest Rates are now gradually on the Path Down despite the Banks Decision to keep the cost of borrowing on hold today. The banks main rate was left at 5 after it was cut last month for the first time in more than four years. The bank ratcheted up Interest Rates to try and control inflation which hit a peak of 11. 1 back in 2022. Since then inflation has been brought down significantly its sitting just above the banks target curre
Jerome powell here in york, pennsylvania last year, some relief. Shes Been paying a higher rate on the Credit Card she uses to fund her Business. My Interest Rates have gone up, so my monthly payments have increased tremendously, so i would like to see the Interest Rates come Back down. Whenjerome powell visited this market, the Federal Reserve was watching closely to see if its Big Interest Rate hikes really were cooling inflation, even though it was tough and small Businesses. Thats 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, americas 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 feds official target of 2 , is yet another moment
Point to 3. 5 . So have those eurozone nations turned a corner on inflation . Joining me now is charles younes, deputy chief Investment Officer at financial Analysis Company fe info. Good to have you with us. Make that link for us. We saw that cut earlier in the week, and it seems as though it backs up that decision they made earlier. Yes, i fully agree with you on that point. The ecb has been very clear, they have been slow in Cutting Rates, and really it is about inflation. So the number given this week confirms that the ecb needs to be very slow in Cutting Rates. It that the ecb needs to be very slow in Cutting Rates. Slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests that slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests that the slow in Cutting Rates. It also suggests that the european | suggests that the European Central Bank had a very different tactic versus the Bank Of England and the us federal reserve. What does it tell about their thinking and whether the