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Welcome. Today to lower the target for the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point to arrange 2 to 2. 25 . The outlook remains favorable, and this action is designed to support that outlook. It is intended to ensure against weak globalks from growth to help offset the effects of these factors currently on the economy. And to promote a faster return our 2 objective. All of these will support achievement of the overarching goal, to sustain the expansion with a strong job market and i...

The waiting is finally over for the start of the ashes. Im at edgbaston, where ive been speaking to england captainjoe root ahead of the first test against australia. It starts today, as england look to claim the ashes back. Having lifted it for under cooky, and to see what its been like on the other end of it as captain, it makes me want to be up there on the podium at the oval hopefully with a massive smile on my face. We could get a shower at the oval, especially in a line from north east sco...

Youre up to date with all the headlines. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with shaun ley. Hello and welcome to hardtalk, im shaun ley. Hong kong is in uproar. Each weekend for the last two months, thousands of people have taken to the streets. Alvin yeung, who leads the civic party, shares their fears, first of a plan to give beijing a greater say in extradition, then for wider cause, to defend hong kongs freedoms. But as local authorities struggle to contain the crisis, and beijings grumbles grow ...

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Inflation to our symmetric 2 objective. All of these objectives will support achievement of our overarching goal, to sustain for the benefit of the american people. We also decided to conclude the runoff of our securities portfolio rather than and september as previously planned. N in september as previously planned. And i will discuss the thinking behind the reduction in turn to the pot forward. As the year began, both the economy and Monetary Policy were in a good place. The Unemployment Rate ...

The lowest since october of 16. Stocks are going to continue to have a tough time as long as yields keep falling the way they are. And it doesnt seem like where are we stopping is the next question . We talked about this up over the 3s started getting toward 3. 25. Now looking at the down side its amazing to see how much pressure that were seeing right now in terms of the yield and how much thats moving to the down side. Volatilities have been spiking we know that we had that pullback but stayed...

Tea Party Republicans do not like it but because the president is supporting it and Mitch Mcconnell said the president is anxious to sign it, it will pass. David hard to find a deficit hawk in washington. We are watching as they go through the process of enacting the legislation. Lets go to emma chandra in london. Weve heard from the bank of england, from the governor, he does not know what to plan for. Emma that is absolutely right. We heard the governor and his analyst deciding to send back wh...

Doubling the amount of money it has set aside this year. And this is how european markets have started their day. Well dive into these numbers in the next few minutes. And well be getting the inside track on excercising at home do you really need to go out to the gym, when you can do it all from the comfort of home . Theres an app for that. Today we want to know do really you need to spend pounds or dollars or euros to shed pounds at the gym . Is a run around or lifting weights at home better an...

Well drop down to 56 degrees and then start to warm up going throughout the day. In the south bay, our high temperatures headed into the upper 70s in downtown san jose. Ill talk more about that and the rest of the forecast. Vianey has a look at our morning commute. As i mentioned its only 4 30. There were a couple of overnight fender benders but not affecting anything now. Look at our Speed Sensors. We have a lot of green which means no major slow spots to report at this hour. Lets take a live l...

Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am in zurich speaking to the leadership of Credit Suisse. Lets check in on the markets. , the share price may give a bit of a lift to the markets. But the main news we are watching out for is what is going on with the fed and whether jay powell can do something that will surprise the markets. For the moment, it seems like a 25 basis point cut is already priced in. Later on, we are expecting data out of europe. Im looking at what is going on with the u. S. 10 ...