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Markets brace for a big jump in US interest rates

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce an increase of up to one percentage point, according to some forecasts.

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce an increase of up to one percentage point, according to some forecasts. What repercussions will this have in the US and abroad? We ask Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading, in New Jersey.

The Central Bank of Argentina has risen interest rates to 75% in an attempt to reduce rampant inflation. Carolina Millan, Bloomberg's bureau chief in Buenos Aires, tells us more.

The Golden Globes are set to return to television screens in 2023 after being dropped by NBC last year due to a controversy over a lack of diversity among voters, among other things. We hear more from entertainment journalist KJ Matthews.

A criminal investigation has been launched against the Governor of Florida, Ron De Santis, for sending nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants on flights from Texas to Massachusetts. Why did do that? We ask Politico's reporter in Florida, Gary Fineout.

You may have heard of quiet-quitting or opting out of tasks beyond your assigned duties and becoming less invested in work. But are you familiar with quiet firing? Bonnie Dilber, recruiting manager at tech company Zapier, explains the concept.

Ed Butler is joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world: Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, founder and CEO of Wiser based in Virginia, and David Kuo, co-founder of The Smart Investor, in Singapore.

(Picture: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell in Washington. Picture credit: Reuters)

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  • Wed 21 Sep 2022 00:06GMT

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