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Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm Roger Hearing.
And on this edition, US Inflation higher than expected.
What does it mean for consumers and interest rates.
We hear from a giant Indian tyre maker on doing business in an America wedded to tariffs.
Plus how Germany's economic problems show up in its roads and bridges.
We had to change up our logistics because we have a bridge that is closed down right now.
Instead of a 10 minute drive, we have to drive now an hour.
And Brazil's plan to become a major exporter of cannabis.
But let's start with inflation,
which has been the chief concern for most of the world's economies over the past couple of years.
And because the US Is the the world's largest economy, inflation there matters to all of us.