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US annual inflation rate hits 7%

US inflation soars at fastest rate in nearly 40 years and unrest in Kazakhstan fuels economic uncertainty.

On this edition of Business Weekly, we鈥檙e looking at the US inflation rate. It has hit 7% year on year, the largest rise since 1982.
We hear from Wells Fargo Economist Sarah Watt House on why the rate still seems to be increasing, and what the Federal Reserve might do now. We also speak to Gerald Daniels, an Associate Professor of Economics at Howard University who specialises in the economics of inequality.
The 大象传媒鈥檚 Ed Butler looks at the recent protests in Kazakhstan, and hears from experts Diana Kudaibergenova and Kate Mallinson and the former Prime Minister Azakan Kasha Geldin, about the economic state of the country.
We have a look inside the UK trials into psychedelic drugs for patients suffering with depression. Laurence Knight hears from both those with the illness, and clinicians trying to help them.
Plus, we browse the shelves of ultra rare whisky, and hear why, and how, some parts of the Scottish industry are booming. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Elizabeth Hotson talks to both keen collectors, and dedicated producers.
Business Weekly is presented by Sasha Twining and produced by Clare Williamson.
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