Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent trends are impacting UK inflation rates?
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UK inflation has accelerated to an 18-month high, according to the latest data. Consumer prices rose 3.8% year-on-year in July, marking an increase from the previous month and the fastest pace since January 2024. The figures add to evidence that firms are responding to the government's recent tax and minimum wage increases by passing on extra costs to consumers.
Melanie Baker is a senior economist at Royal London Asset Management. I think if I look at where the surprise comes from, it seems to be airfares. And we know that's a very volatile component. Looking at the ONS write-up, it seems to have been affected by the different timing of school holidays and when they took the price readings for things. I'm not getting too carried away with this number.
Melanie Baker speaking there. As traders further trimmed bets on Bank of England rate cuts following the CPI print, the probability of another reduction by December is now around 42% as resurgent inflation collides with a cooling labour market. Global stocks have paused their record-breaking run as concerns grow that the rally of recent months has advanced too far and too fast.
The sell-off was driven by big tech companies on Wall Street yesterday, with the Nasdaq closing down 1.4%. Futures are pointing to further losses today. That's ahead of Nvidia reporting earnings next week. Daryl Cronk, CIO for Wealth and Investment at Wells Fargo, says he remains bullish on the tech sector because of their earnings growth. You've got to go where growth resides.
And there's just no doubt that that's where the growth is. You saw it in the latest second quarter earnings numbers. You take the seven largest stocks, their earnings growth were 29%. If I take X of those, earnings growth was like three and a half. Well, as far as Darrell Cronk speaking to Bloomberg earlier, as traders are firming up bets on a September interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
European countries are developing a plan to send British and French troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal between Kiev and Moscow. Leaders are said to be looking to leverage President Trump's support for a package of security guarantees that would involve European boots on the ground with possible U.S. air support. Here's what the U.S. president told Fox News.
When it comes to security, they're willing to put people on the ground. We're willing to help them with things, especially probably if you talk about Bayer, because nobody has the kind of stuff we have. Really, they don't have. But I don't think it's going to be a problem. I think if a deal is made, you know, famous last words, right? But I think if a deal is made, I think Russia's had it.
They've all had it. A very extended period of time. I don't think there'll be a problem. But there'll be some form of security. It can't be NATO because that's just not something that would ever, ever happen. He couldn't.
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Chapter 3: How are consumer prices affecting the economy in July?
According to the independent research provider ExecChange.com, 134 bosses were pushed out of Russell 3000 firms in the past year. Bloomberg has spoken to compensation consultants, PR experts and executive search advisors to try to find the true cost of firing a CEO. James Wilcock has more. Get your calculators out.
Bloomberg estimates the median compensation for a forced out US boss was $6.2 million. The sign-on fee for their replacement, another $9 million. And then there's the new higher pay packet. The 100 top-earning CEOs at companies with more than $1 billion in revenue are paid 22% more than last year, according to pay consultant Equilar. That's a median of $31 million.
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