as the country battles an economic slowdown. also on the programme... to reassure investors? and... of stagflation are growing — that's when weak growth and high inflation create a toxic combination.

with a mortgage up for renewal in april, any decrease would take a little bit of a strain. yeah, exactly. it's a lot of money for anyone. to make cutbacks and save, but ultimately, £150 is £150. and it's a lot of money for a family of four. the bank of england governor said more rate cuts this year, yes, but

sounded a note of caution too. the words gradual, which we've used before to describe the question about how quickly and how much, because of a sluggish uk economy. would grow by 1.5% this year. it picks up next year. contributing to that. no, there have. picked this up. there's no question that of course, the increase in the cost of employment does have an effect.

well, the interest rate is very welcome. since july of last year. in their pocket, be better off. they've basically said that growth has halved from 1.5 to 0.75%. that means we're going flow fairly freely. laden with 9,000 cars. but economic uncertainty is increasing from domestic and international sources. the hope, the assumption, was that we'd be in recovery right now. but there are clouds domestically from tax rises, but also from 3,500 miles away, just total uncertainty over donald trump's trade policies. we haven't made anyjudgments about what is going to actually it's highly uncertain. anything that

seriously fragments so don't retaliate if the americans do tariffs... all these policies are the government's. to greater fragmentation of the world economy. across the economy, cheaper borrowing costs are on the way, but the period of no growth continues. head of money and markets at hargreaves lansdown. i asked her if there is a risk of stagflation. growth was meant to be coming in at 1.5%, that's been slashed to 0.75% and it expects inflation to take off again, reaching 3.7%. i think the question

is whether or not it's for next year. the picture looks a bit brighter, with growth expected to ramp up again. that's in 2026, but for now it does look inflation upwards again. which is kicking in in april. already there are signs,

certainly in the services which in turn may be maybe which in turn may be may be growth going forward. their employees with a little bit less money. so we're not quite sure exactly where it will land. pressures are increasing. to india now, where the central bank has cut its key interest rate for the first time in almost five years, the reserve bank of india is aiming to provide stimulus the current fiscal year.

in nearly five years. so making it all the more important. the last time we saw a rate cut was way back in may 2020, where the government or the policy makers, rather, of the rbi, were trying to inject stimulus with the wars breaking out as well but essentially now what we're seeing is that something the environment seems to be just right to go in for that rate cut by 25 basis points, primarily because inflation in the hands of people

so they could boost spending because consumption makes up nearly 60% of india's gdp. and lower income groups who are possibly so they're hoping that this is going to provide that added stimulus to the indian economy. low at over 87 rupees to the dollar, because that would mean the reserve bank of india's monetary policy. so that's something that is being very closely watched by policymakers over here in india. despite the retail giant doubling its profits.

computing unit and profit guidance for the current business opportunity. our north america business correspondent that beat analyst expectations, with a strong in the cloud computing unit and profit and sales guidance reported a i9% rise in revenue to around $28.7 billion, just shy of wall street's expectations. amazonjoins microsoft

and google in reporting the company is also contending with the fallout she gave me her take on amazon's results. and we saw that run up in their share price over

facing some headwinds. factor cited for the weaker outlook for 01. sorts of capacity constraints that face its rivals, google and microsoft. google and microsoft. but it did indicate that in the coming months, particularly in the second half particularly in the second half of the year, that it expect those constraints to ease off of the year, that it expect to see the web server a bit, and we would expect aws growth accelerate once again once it can the chinese ai player, what do you make of those meet consumer demand. factors which have clearly you know, you mentioned the strong dollar there, but i wonder as well if some but i wonder as well if some of them took fright at that scale of the investment in artificial intelligence. those concerns about

of them took fright at that

what's going through your mind when you but they bring their inventory to the us and they bear and fulfilment services.

is in washington dc to hold his first meeting with president trump.

our asia business reporter mariko oi has more. with them on thursday. with the us president. the leadership and investors of us steel, but even some workers

steel mills and protecting jobs. us steel should remain american, nippon still promised and when the unions said they may import cheaper steel of course, that didn't stop mr biden from blocking with former prime minister shinzo abe.

super bowl weekend is coming up in the united states, third consecutive win when they face and with so many people watching, than 123 million viewers. someone who knows all about this is tom murphy, and billy crystal, mmm. what's happening?

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i think, rather the katz�*s deli scene in harry met sally. we've seen meg ryan there. and do they charge, without going into at this big moment? but celebrities are also very happy to be involved because it's it's great for their image some people would say it's dying. now, this is exceptional, it costs to buy those ad spots?

in their daily lives, but everyone is really, is very engaged with them. because it's a night when people want to talk about the ads, they want to debate the ads, and ifind them more interesting than the football! stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. warner on donald trump's comments warner on donald trump's the warner on donald trump's comments warner on donald trump's the future warner on donald trump's comments warner on donald trump's the future of eqmfliehsséqhi the future at colleague has temhiehte'e'eeet the tetefe et' colleague has been gaza. my colleague has been speaking to the former italy

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over the next few days. that's going to drive in more cloud off the north sea. but further north and west, we keep some clearer skies. frost and patchy fog still an issue. it's going to really take the edge off the feel of the weather as well. clear skies and sunny spells after a frosty start for northern ireland and scotland. particularly if you're caught in those sharper showers.

of wales, we could see a few centimetres, particularly in wales, of snow settling forfirst thing on saturday morning. quite a lot of cloud to begin with on saturday. a little bit of brightness developing into the southeast not quite as cold on saturday, the winds not quite as strong either.

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