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
there is a roughly one in four chance that the us will hit the so called x date, when the us government runs out of money to pay its bills without a deal to raise the debt limit. that is according to the banking giantjp morgan chase. and they say the odds are getting worse. that forecast comes after house speaker kevin mccarthy said on wednesday that he thought progress could be made, but warned the two sides remain far apart. republicans are warning that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling a red line for the white house. on wall street, us stocks fell as investors have been watching these talks closely for any sign of an agreement. and even if a deal is done in time, economists say that depending on the details, cuts to government spending are likely create economic headwinds that could bring down inflation a possible silver lining for the federal reserve, which has been raising interest rates to fight inflation. fed officia
has the latest from new york. there is a roughly one in four chance that the us will hit the so called x date that s when the government runs out of money to pay its bills without a deal to raise the debt limit. that is according to the banking giantjp morgan chase. and they say the odds are getting worse. that forecast comes after house speaker kevin mccarthy said on wednesday that he thought progress could be made, but warned that the two sides remain far apart. republicans are warning that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling a red line for the white house. republicans are demanding that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling a red line for the white house. on wall street, us stocks fell as investors have been watching these talks closely for any sign of an agreement. and even if a deal is done in time, economists say that depending on the details, cuts to government spending
reach a deal on the country s debt ceiling, with the us house speaker kevin mccarthy saying on wednesday that negotiators remain far apart. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the latest from new york. there is a roughly one in clutch make chance that the us will hit the so called x date, when the us government runs out of money to pay its bills, before the dental ministries. that is according toj.p. morgan chase. they say the other any worse. debt limit raises. kevin mccarthy said he thought progress could be made but warned the two sides remain far apart. but warned the two sides remain farapart. her pub but warned the two sides remain far apart. her pub concert amending that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, a redline for the white house. on wall street, us stocks fell as investors have been watching these talks closely for any sign of agreement. and even if a deal is done in time, economists say