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all of that with these two — there they are. one of germany's leading business groups tells me it's important that consumers start splashing the cash again and how problems abroad are hurting his members. also, the chairwoman of the german startup association, herself a successful entrepreneur, tells me why a different way of thinking is needed. and it's the younger generation that are going to deliver it. also, i catch up with the big boss of germany's most valuable company, the software giant sap, about why he's worried the rise of the far right could harm his country's economy, ...

here's where the bank's base rate stands at the moment — at 5.25% it is the highest in 15 years. the bank has raised the cost of borrowing fourteen times to try and tame soaring prices but inflation has eased sharply in recent months and the expectation now is that rates may soon start to come down. however, for those in the uk hoping for cheaper mortgages and loans there was something of a bad omen in the us, where the chair of the federal reserve seemed to dash expectations of a rate cut next month. as michelle fleury reports. the fourth meeting in a row, the federal reserve did ...

if you look at the headline numbers... is suggest that results are mixed. but actually when you look at the actual results and also what companies are telling, there are two factors that matter to us, monetisation and capital expense. they look at monetisation, for example, across the board, we are seeing cloud revenue and contribution is almost like 5% for some of the companies out there. so that gives us comfort. in terms of graphics, clearly companies are spending on it, but in terms of compute, this is one area where they have been quite bullish recently. long story short, despit...

the move also comes as janet yellen met with the chinese ambassador ahead of her visit to china this week. michelle fleury has more. us treasury secretary janet yellin is heading to beijing and hers is the second trip by a cabinet official to china since ties between the world's two top economies deteriorated earlier this year. her goal is to study the relationship but she has her work cut out for her. ahead of her visit beijing said it was imposing export controls on two rare metals essential for making semiconductors. this is seen as a tit—for—tat response after the us, the net...

editor faisal islam. this is clearly a mess but the expectation in financial circles is that shareholders will provide the funds to keep thames water going. but the question is how did this come about in an industry that should be so simple, providing a product that everybody needs, and provided the monopolies of several million customers with no competition. and the answer is in hugely complicated structures, huge debts, and lots of regulation. the boss of thames water, sarah bentley, abruptly stood down on tuesday. she was battling to turn around the company after a legacy of under...