more than 3/10 of a percent. this is what they call a bull run. the market s been on the upswing since october 2022, and it s thanks to a few tailwinds. among them, an outperforming tech sector and a resilient labour market. the federal reserve has a role too. so far it s been able to cool inflation without tipping the economy into a recession. that s called a soft landing and it s buoying wall street. stocks are rallying in anticipation of interest rate cuts that the fed has signalled this year, which would let interest rates fall from a 22 year high. when interest rates go down, it makes it cheaper for businesses and individuals to borrow money. so spending increases and usually that makes stock prices go up. meanwhile, it s a different story for the chinese stock markets, which have been struggling in the new year. chinese premier li qiang pledged to take forceful and effective action to support market confidence. shares in mainland china and in hong kong have been hoverin
ask her about is the government s new small boats policy, and that s something you re going to be talking about on friday because you re going to head off to paris to see president macron. yes, there is an anglo french summit at the elysee palace, the home of the french president, hosted by emmanuel macron. the prime minister is going on friday morning and a whole load of ministers are going as well. there will be more than a dozen ministers if you add up the ministers on each side, gathering for a one day get together. it ll be about half an hour chat, i would have thought, bilateral, as they are known diplomatically, between the two leaders. lots on the agenda. ukraine, obviously, central. there s a sense that with the northern ireland brexit deal that the relationship is a bit better than it might otherwise have been. quite a lot in personal terms of similarity between the two leaders. both former finance ministers, both former investment bankers. current nerves. ner
embassies within two months. a gunman opens fire at a jehovah s witness hall in the german city of hamburg. police say at least 7 people have been killed, including an unborn baby. hello. it s adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and in a few minutes time we are going to bejoined around this very set of microphones by the education secretary, gillian keegan. she s quite an interesting character even when she s not being the education secretary, so it ll be interesting to see what she has to say about a whole load of things. one of the things we ll ask her about is the government s new small boats policy, and that s something you re going to be talking about on friday because you re going to head off to paris to see president macron. yes, there is an anglo french summit at the elysee palace, the home of the french president, hosted by emmanuel macron. the prime minister is going on friday morning and a whole load of ministers are going as well. there will be more than