after aggressively raising interest rates for the last year and a half, the federal reserve believes it s in a place where it can leave rates, where they are to cool the economy and to slow inflation from its current 3.7% on a yearly basis to closer to 2%. but even though america s central bank opted not to hike right now, fed chairjerome powell suggested officials are prepared to do more if inflation flares again. the idea that you wouldn t would difficult to to raise again after stopping for a meeting or two is just not right. i mean, the committee will always do what what it thinks is appropriate at the time. right now, things look good, even though it s pricey for americans to get a mortgage or carry credit card debt. growth was stronger than expected over the summer. the world s largest economy is still adding jobs on a monthly basis. and the government s latestjobs report is due out this friday. fed staff also don t see a recession, so they don t want to rock the boat,
depleted through injuries. hencejimmy neesham bowling to rassie van der dussen, who hit five sixes in his 133. closer look at this one. trent boult s catching hands could not grasp it. new zealand pushed to their limits. that ball is beyond the boundary. david miller hit south africa s 77 six of the tournament, 77th six of the tournament, a world cup record and we re weeks from the final when new zealand chose to bat second in this match 358 to win 8 1 when devon conway was caught and new zealand folded to 167 all out. the defeat and the scale of it with consequences for net run rate leaves them vulnerable in the top four. south africa look world cup confident. joe wilson, bbc news. the injury hit black caps find themselves in a tough position to progress, just two points ahead of pakistan and afghanistan. and having lost their last three. but theres no panic in their campjust yet.. we try to remain level headed throughout everything, not ride the highs too high and the lows
dominic cummings had written about helen macnamara on whatsapp. he said he would personally handcuff her and walk herfrom the building. we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown of the british state while dodging stilettos from that he wrote. in fact, he used the c word. helen macnamara was asked what she made of that. it s been disappointing to me that the prime minister didn t pick him up on the use of some of that violent and misogynistic language. the fact that there were no women contributing to the policy discussions is a problem in itself because there were some expert women who were not being listened to. and also, women were being looked over. just an interesting copy that s been dropped on my desk, justin, relating to what she was saying. a witness statement published by the inquiry, that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill boris johnson that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill borisjohnson had become after he was admitted to