Of retail is changing. Well hear from The Boss of ingka about what it means to go phy gital. Live from london this is Business Today, im sally bundock. We start in the united states, where Donald Trump haS Pledged the us would take other countries jobs if he returns to the white house. Hes laid out hiS Plans to slash taxes, lower Energy Costs and regulations for manufacturers that made goods on us soil. At a Campaign Rally in savannah, georgia, trump promised a Manufacturing Renaissance reiterating hiS Pledge to punish american companies that manufactured outside the us, and slap large tariffs on foreign made goods to protect us industries. Not only will we stop our Businesses from leaving for foreign land but under my leadership we are going to take other countries jobs. Leadership we are going to take other countriesjobs. Ever leadership we are going to take other countries jobs. Ever hear that expression before . That we are going to take other countries jobs, are going to take othe
Well get into more detail on that in a moment but first, lets Take A Deeper Look now on whats happening with the us economy. According to data out in the last hour prices rose at an annual rate of 2. 5 in august. That was slightly less than the 2. 6 markets were expecting and down from 2. 9 injuly. If we look at Core Inflation though which strips out volatile elements such as Food And Fuel prices were rising at a faster rate 3. 2 . Dr sean snaith, director of the institute for economic forecasting at the university of central florida. Hejoins us now. Welcome. First of all, what a surprise of the cpi taking out volatile Food Energy prices. Does this take 50 Basis Point cut to Interest Rates off the table, when the fed meets later this month . Instead, itll more like 25 Basis Points cut . Was the fed behind the curve . Well, i think 50 points is off the table, personally, and i may be in the minority in which 25 is off the table. I think its a bit too soon to raise the mission accomplish
Later this month. Lets show you the details. Figures from the us Labor Department Show prices rose at an annual rate of 2. 5 percent in august. Down from 2. 9 injuly. If we look at Core Inflation though which strips out volatile elements such as Food And Fuel prices were rising at a more aggressive 3. 2 percent. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta is in new york. A cut by the fed has been all but promised by them already at their meeting next week. I guess the only outstanding question is by how much. Indeed, as you mentioned in your introduction overall this was a solid report on information monitoring. Annually at 2. 5 , that is the lowest in three years and that is why you will see the White House touting this as it went for the current administration and for the Election Campaign for Vice President kamala harris, and makes it must certain the federal reserve will cut Interest Rates when it meets next week, but for the markets it is a different story and you see th
Percolating issues, whether it is trade tensions or brexit, which goes to the heart of the uncertainty in 2021. Francine there is a lot going on, and i guess this is the concern, you have a million angles of things that turn out sour. Bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Senatorone republican dix President Trump will get on board with a bipartisan 908 billion senator bill cassidy told foxnews Senate Majority leader mcconnell will back it, too. Cassidy is a member of the Group Pushing the measure. President trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for the coronavirus. According to reports, he has been hospitalized in washington. Giulianis son says he is getting great care and feeling well. Giuliani has been leading the effort to overturn the results of the election. In china, exports jumped in november by the most since 2018, pushing its trade status to a monthly record high, and thermined underlined how pandemic and global related goods is helping the
Washingtons partisan battle. Joining us now is bloombergs chief content officer marty schenker. Many people thought this was an inspired choice. It ticks so many boxes. Just your sense of what this means for how washington is now going to operate. Martin i wouldnt describe it as necessarily inspired. It is an inspiring lee safe inspiringly safe choice because she is so wellknown on both sides of the aisle. I think she will have a relatively easy time getting confirmed. She is a traditionalist in many ways. She has been at the fed. Shes been at the white house. Shes a great believer in consensus. I think that is what you are going to need with the incoming treasury secretary. Alix nonetheless, it is the first woman treasury secretary, the first woman to lead the fed. This is definitely in that respect a boulder choice. However, how do the progressives feel about her . Marty i think they are very supportive. There is reporting out there that Elizabeth Warren was the person who recommende