You will not see this affect the consumer analysis unless this lasts another week or two and then see big shortages and really higher prices of all kinds of goods that will result from this. To ask you about crystal ball thinking, it can be a bit tough butjust elaborate if you could, mentioned how many days if this rumbles on that the consumer will start to feel it. The big question here is again, does it get resolved in the next week or two? if it does, you won t really see much, it will be a blip on the radar, but if this were to continue, you start to see massive bottlenecks as containers build up, both on the ships waiting off the coast, but also in places like china where they are unable to load these containers that are meant for the east and they start sitting there, and the real problem becomes a couple of months from now as these ships that are sitting here on the coast, off the coast of the us don t return home, don t go back to china to pick up more containers, you have a hu
We have continuing coverage of the story on bbc news. Countdown serve the fed, the us Central Bank is expected to cut Interest Rates in the next couple of hours. The question is by how much. Also ahead, Uk Inflation hold steady in august but as the Bank Of England finally slaying the dragon . And The Party is over for tupperware as the 78 year old firm filed for bankruptcy. We lift the lid on what went wrong. Welcome to business today. We start in the us where the federal reserve is poised to cut the cost of borrowing for the first time in four years. That decision comes in less that three hours. It will come at two oclock eastern time. Americas Central Bank cranked up Interest Rates for the highest in two decades to get soaring inflation under control. Lets take you live to New York and talk to our North America Business correspondent. Investors are betting on a cat but the Big Question is how deep that cut will be. Indeed. Thats the deep that cut will be. Indeed. Thats the interestin
Todayis today is a big win for European Citizens and tax injustice. Trouble in the pipeline . The price of oil tumbles below 70 a barrell for the first time since 2021 as concerns grow about the state of the world economy. It relates to how two apple subsidiaries in ireland were treated for Tax Purposes between 1991 and 2014. Ireland has a low corporate Tax Rate of 12. 5 but its been accused of so called Sweetheart Deals with certain companies allowing them to pay a much lower rate. The Decision Cant be appealed apple said its disappointed with the decision and accused the European Commission of trying to retroactively change the rules. Here is what the Eu Competition Commissioner had to say. There commissioner had to say. Is a bigger picture, our investigation there is a bigger picture, our investigation has decisively contributed to a Mind Shift and change in attitude amongst member states, they have helped to trigger and accelerate regulatory and legislative reform. Take ireland, to
If a proposal recognises its stand alone intrinsic value. In other news donald trump has been laying out his economic plans should he become president. Trump repeated calls to cut taxes and regulation and is earmarking a governmentjob for controversial billionaire elon musk. Here is ritika gupta with the latest. The main highlight of donald trump s address was a push to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% for companies that make their products here in the us. This would be a big reduction from the current rate of 21%. A key policy victory from trump s own 2017 tax law set to expire in 2025. Now, while a 15% corporate rate would be a big win for large us companies, it would also contribute to rising deficits. It means big companies would end up paying far lower rates than smaller, privately held businesses, where rates can be as high as 37%. His proposal is in stark contrast to his rival, kamala harris, who has called to raise the corporation tax to 28%. Trump s proposals also include a
missiles. this is the latest attack in the region which is one of the world s most important trade routes. the head of the un s international maritime organisation says these attacks are one of the biggest challenges the body has ever faced. biggest challenges the body has everfaced. my biggest challenges the body has ever faced. my colleague spoke to the head of the organisation and asked what can be done to stop the attacks. it s one of the biggest challenges the imo has faced, in particularly in recent years. and the reality is that as you mentioned, shipping is a global sector. we transport over 80% of global trade, so any actions that are happening out there, that interrupt the trade, the global trade, will have a negative effect on you, on me, and everyone on the planet. we need to work very closely with all the stakeholders, with all the member states, the other agencies, the united nations in particular, in order to find practical solutions to a problem we don t want