in terms of the cold and the coldness and the impact that would have on a baby, clearly the risk is getting higher and we have to be open to the fact that this might not end in the way that we would like. also on the programme tonight: the prime minister returns to belfast to try to build support for his post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the eu. northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of teachers on strike across britain this week over pay and conditions. and, beaten by a whisker england s cricketers lose to new zealand byjust one run. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. it s fa cup time! we ll have the best of the action from the fifth round with a host of tasty ties to tuck into. good evening
Stronger than i think everyone expected. And so what youre seeing is this is what people believe, as of now, will be appropriate to achieve what were looking to achieve, which is progress toward our inflation goal. Central bankers now project higher growth and lower unemployment for next year. Central bankers now project higher growth and lower unemployment for next year. If theyre right, the us will have avoided a long feared recession. The decision gives policy makers more time to assess whether theyve done enough over the last 18 months to tame inflation. Remember, the fed began lifting Interest Rates from near zero back in march 2022. Central banks here in asia keep a close tab on the fed because us Interest Rates strongly influence Exchange Rates against the dollar. Fred newman covers economies in asia extensively for the banking giant, hsbc, and he says that the impact of us Monetary Policy on the rest of the world is not a primary concern for the fed. Well, its a little bit our
Fed Chairjerome Powell explained why central bankers were moving towards Holding Rates Higherfor longer. Economic rates higher for longer. Economic Activity Rates higherfor longer. Economic activity has been stronger than we expected, stronger than we expected, stronger than we expected, stronger than i think everyone expected. And so what youre seeing is this is what people believe, as of now, will be appropriate to achieve what were looking to achieve, which is progress toward our inflation goal. Central bankers now project higher growth and lower unemployment for next year. If theyre right, the us will have avoided a long feared avoided a long fea red recession. Avoided a long feared recession. The decision gives policy makers more time to assess whether theyve done enough over the last 18 months to tame inflation. Remember, the fed began lifting Interest Rates from near zero back in march 2022. Central banks here in asia keep a close tab on the fed because us Interest Rates strongl