i don t really see anything more meaningful coming into the market. we have reached now the halfway point of 2023. how would you describe the health of the global economy? that s a really intriguing question. i think throughout this year, central banks and lawmakers and policy makers have been focused on containing inflation, bringing inflation under control, and a lot of these banks have failed to bring the inflation to the target level, which is still running quite high, so especially in the uk, the cost of living crisis is a huge issue, and inflation data last week has already shown that there is no easiness or ease off in the data for the time being. but, having said all those pessimistic things and pointed to those factors, i think i am a bit more optimistic going into h2 of this year because i think inflation is going to come closer to the central bank s target, whether we are talking about the federal reserve, whether we re talking the ecb, and, of course, inflation is
the princess of wales is recovering following abdominal surgery, the operation a success, remaining in hospitalfor operation a success, remaining in hospital for october fortnight, buckingham palace has announced king charles will visit hospital next week to be treated for an enlarged prostate. iran s foreign minister says houthi attacks on the red sea will only stop when the war ends. translation: if the genocide in gaza stops, then it will lead to the. - the end of other crises and attacks in the region. rishi sunak faces a crucial vote on his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda after two resigned. time for a look at the business news now. we start in china where the latest official figures say the economy grew by 5.2% last year. now that s slightly higher than beijing s target of 5% but one of the lowest levels in china outside of the pandemic for decades. the post lockdown bounce back for the world s second largest economy has struggled against a property se
has said the uk is prepared to back our words with actions against the houthis. peter sand is chief analyst at xeneta, an ocean and airfreight analytics platform. i don t know if you have data or statistics on how this is impacting trade so far? if i look at the impacting trade so far? if i look at the most recent developments, a key indicator of the tensions that we are seeing right now, they are up today following the most recent attacks and tension building. we have now is almost 200% up from about a month ago. we are now at 5400, and in the uk, 4500 up, though still dramatic. the reason tensions are now shooting our destroyers. it is not making this go away. some ofthe not making this go away. some of the world s not making this go away. some of the world s biggest - not making this go away. some of the world s biggest shipping | of the world s biggest shipping companies are completely avoiding the red sea at the moment and that will likely continue for some time? w
from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald
the german shipping line hapag lloyd has said in the last couple of hours that it will continue to avoid the area for at least another week. it made the decision after another ship belonging to its rival maersk was attacked over the weekend. in that attack, houthi rebels based in yemen hit the ship with a missile and tried to climb aboard before the us navy intervened and sank the rebels four boats killing the crew in the process. the us military says there have been at least 23 attacks since mid november on a route that acconts for about 12% of global trade and which is now being avoided by several of the world s biggest shipping companies. let s unpack the latest on this with peter sand, chief analyst at the shipping analytics platform xeneta. thanks forjoining us. does this latest development suggests tha things are getting worse rather than better? you are hitting the nail on the head. we can see that from the direct developments on the platform where an essential