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Just days after settling fierce speculation over his future, Mark Carney presents the Bank of England's latest policy decision and economic outlook. With Brexit-related sterling weakness fuelling inflation on one side and political pressure on the other, the BoE governor is seen as having a difficult juggling act to perform. Julian Satterthwaite reports.
Nearly seven years after the BoE cut rates to a record low, the Bank has again left them unchanged. Most economists see the bank leaving a hike until later next year. David Pollard reports.
Senior US officials led by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hold a press conference alongside Mexican authorities in Mexico City during talks on tackling drug smuggling and migrant flows, amid signs of diplomatic frictions over a US plan to extend a controversial border wall. SOUNDBITE
Surging inflation and severe slowdowns in the United States and China prompted the IMF to downgrade its outlook for the global economy this year and next, while warning that the situation could get much worse. SOUNDBITE
The impact of the war in Ukraine is spreading worldwide, causing the IMF to sharply downgrade its 2022 global growth forecast to 3.6 percent, IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says as he presents the latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE
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