or cafe vacancies. go into a pub, restaurant or cafe anywhere in the uk, you will find bosses or cafe anywhere in the uk, you will find bosses trying to get or desperately feel the vacancies. that s desperately feel the vacancies. that s why you see rage wages increase that s why you see rage wages increase. combine that with the high levels increase. combine that with the high levels of increase. combine that with the high levels of inflation not seen for a long levels of inflation not seen for a long time levels of inflation not seen for a long time in the uk, particularly in the public long time in the uk, particularly in the public sector where they have been the public sector where they have been years of austerity, or which is seen been years of austerity, or which is seen pay been years of austerity, or which is seen pay for been years of austerity, or which is seen pay for the further time that many seen pay for the further time that many trade unions have
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you re live with bbc news. the us federal reserve is raising interest rates again, this time by a quarter of a percentage point, bringing rates to their highest level in 22 years. the fed nudged the benchmark lending rate to a target range of 5.25 to 5.5%. although inflation in the united states has fallen sharply in recent months to around 3% the bank still hopes to reach its target rate of 2% a year. the federal reserve didn t rule out further rate rises to come. a short while ago i spoke to bharat ramamurti, deputy director for the national economic council. very good to have you and bbc news. the federal reserve raised interest rates to the highest level since 2001. what you make of this move? this highest level since 2001. what you make of this move?- you make of this move? as an administration you make of this move? as an administration we you make of this move? as an administration we don t - you make of this move? as an i administration we don t comment directly but wha
presidential election, so at times like this everything get so politicised in washington, and nothing more so than the tribulations of the president s sole surviving son, hunter biden. the us federal reserve is raising interest rates again, this time by a quarter of a percentage point, bringing rates to their highest level in 22 years. the fed nudged the benchmark lending rate to a target range of 5.25 to 5.5%. although inflation in the united states has fallen sharply in recent months to around 3% the bank still hopes to reach its target rate of 2% a year. the federal reserve didn t rule out further rate rises to come. a short while ago i spoke to bharat ramamurti, deputy director for the national economic council. very good to have you on bbc news. thank you forjoining us. so the federal reserve raised interest rates to their highest level since 2001. what do you make of this move? figs level since 2001. what do you make of this move? make of this move? as an administration,
back to the other side of the, i ll u.s. inflation has slowed to 3%, its lowest in years, although prices still remain higher than the 2% target rate. but how do you think that the lowered inflation rate will affect republican criticism of biden s economic record, which has actually been quite strong? they are still gonna criticize joe biden, they can t help, it is the only thing they have got, even though it increasingly is one more thing republicans talk about that is fake in the minds of most voters. they don t think this election is about hunter biden s lap top, they know that the biden record has been spectacular on reducing the cost of inflation on american families. they know that the job picture is ascot as it has ever been in the last 80 years in this country, there is a growing sense that we are gonna have a soft landing and avoid a recession. and, you know, all of the republican petitt it s gets about election where that we were gonna be in some sort of economic, you know,