As much as 5 Billion each day according tojpmorgan analysts. Us retailers, automakers and other businesses now face Ballooning Freight rates ahead of the crucial festive shopping season. Large retailers have pulled forward imports of much of their Holiday Merchandise and made reservations with west Coast Ocean and Rail Carriers in hopes of avoiding any disruption. Lets speak to peter sand, chief analyst at xeneta, an Ocean Freight analytics firm. Hello to you. I know you have already calculated what this could mean if the Strike Action goes ahead, so do tell us more. A disruption like this always comes at a bad time for European Exporters into North America as well as North American exporters out of thE East Coast And Gulf coast. It will be impacted at first but this seems to be a first for almost 50 years, has the potential not only to lift Freight Rates higher due to the disruption from the strike, but certainly also to have wider implications, one or two months later down the road w
In about 90 minutes time well get the latest health check on the economy and everyone is asking the question will the numbers reveal we are officially out of recession . Well, most experts predict yes, and say we will see a smidgen of Growth Injanuary of 0. 2 . This would confirm the Bank Of Englands suggestion that the downturn is behind us. During the final three months of last year, the data showed the uk slipped into recession and inflation injanuary was at 4 so its still twice the Bank Of Englands target. Lets discuss all of this with azad zangana, Senior European Economist at schroders. Good morning to you. Are you with the majority believing today will give us a Growth Number . Today will give us a Growth Number . ~. ~ ~ number . We are. We think it could be number . We are. We think it could be even number . We are. We think it could be even a number . We are. We think it could be even a little number . We are. We think it could be even a little higherl could be even a little h
rates are expected to rise from 4.25% to 4.5% as the bank of england tries to rein in soaring inflation. inflation is still running at over 10% and at a as year high, largely driven by soaring food and energy prices. the bank rate is already at its highest level for m years, and further increases will pile more pain onto borrowers, particularly homeowners through higher mortgage rates. let s look ahead now with azad zangana, senior european economist & strategist, schroders. this deal we will get in half an hour but it feels done and are priced n. it hour but it feels done and are riced n. , hour but it feels done and are priced n- hour but it feels done and are ricedn. ,, , . ,. priced n. it is pretty much expected end has been priced n. it is pretty much expected end has been flagged priced n. it is pretty much expected end has been flagged for priced n. it is pretty much expected end has been flagged for some - priced n. it is pretty much expected | end has been fla
which started the year at under $500 a share and closed on wednesday at over $1,200 a share. that is just such a huge jump in a short time. it rose over 5% in value on wednesday alone, giving it the market cap of just over $3 trillion. let s hear more from our north america business correspondent erin delmore. wall street s on a record breaking run. the latest all time high closes for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. the latter powered by you guessed it nvidia. the chip makerjoined the $3 trillion club on wednesday, overtaking apple as the world s second most valuable company. microsoft is still the world s number one. nvidia is only the third company to ever exceed $3 trillion in market value. it s leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that s where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta,
Financial markets as they open in europe. Investors look ahead to the uk budget. Whats the secret behind the worlds most successful brands . Is it simply a case of advertising spend or is there more to the story . Well speak to one of the industrys leading experts later in the programme. Its International Womens day so let us know whos your most inspirational woman in business . Perhaps its the head of the worlds most powerful central bank . Or maybe its mary barra, the boss of General Motors . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. In a few hours time, the uks Finance Minister or chancellor as we call him here, phillip hammond, will deliver the countrys final budget before the government triggers article 50, and britain begins its negotiations to leave the european union. Despite the ongoing uncertainty over brexit, Philip Hammond received an Eve Of Budget Boost from the organisation for economic co operation and development. It now expects growth in the uk of 1. 6