helped to slow down the rate of price increases for non food products, which eased injanuary down from over 3% in december. i m joined now by shanti kelemen, chief investment officer at m&g wealth. good morning. this isjust what we want to hear before the bank of england has its first meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday. meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday- on thursday. yes, we will have a decision on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them - on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them on - a decision from them on interest rates, wiley expected to keep rates unchanged and thatis to keep rates unchanged and that is positive news for inflation and a prices, on the other side we do have the economy still not in a recession and wage growth has been pretty strong. there are some factors balancing inflation, thinking it might not be a sharp drop in the next few months. to not be a sharp drop in the
more confetti has been thrown on court 18 from just stop oil protesters. the british number one katie boulter was playing her match. the second protest of the day. these are the pictures from the first protest because this was also on court 18 and it was also confetti. jigsaw pieces. disrupting the first set of that match for a little while. the organisers of wimbledon had been talking about the prospect of this and they had made appeals for everyone to allow the crowds to enjoy the tennis and not get distracted by any sort of protests because we have seen these protests and other major sporting events, horse racing, snooker, and now tennis and we also saw the one at lord s where the test match was interrupted. this is the second protest byjust stop oil protesters, disrupting another match at wimbledon. we will be with our colleagues in just wimbledon. we will be with our colleagues injust a moment wimbledon. we will be with our colleagues in just a moment at bbc sport to get
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we are going to focus on the top business stories. we start with a developing story we brought you this time yesterday because the european car industry is calling for a delay to tougher post brexit trade rules due to come in from january saying the supply chain is not ready. europe s car makers source many of the batteries for electric cars from asia which would see them fall foul of rules of origin regulations that specify how much of a car must be eu produced. it comes amid growing concern about the future of car manufacturing here in the uk where there is currently only one factory making batteries. stellantis owner of vauxhall as well as brands including fiat, citroen and peugeot has warned it may have to close uk factories if the government does not renegotiate the brexit deal. our economics editor faisal islam has more. earlier this week, a strong message from one of the world s biggest car makers to renegotiate details of the brexit deal, as their elec
hello, if you havejustjoined us, you are very welcome. let s crack on with the top business stories. we start in san francisco where, as you have been hearing, president biden has hailed real progress following four hours of talks with china s president xi on the sidelines of the apec summit. they agreed to reopen communications between the military on both sides and work together to stem the flow of the opioid drug fentanyl into the us. but there was no concession from the us on lifting trade sanctions on china including the export ban on advanced computer chips which president xi had complained is harming china. the united states will continue to compete vigorously with the prc, but we ll manage that competition responsibly so it doesn t veer into conflict, or accidental conflict. and where it s possible, where our interests are.coincide, we re going to work together like we did on fentanyl. that s what the world expects of us. the rest of the world expects no