What impact could high inflation in the US have?

美国高通胀可能产生何种影响?

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2025-02-13

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President Donald Trump promised to bring prices down, but egg and energy prices in the US rose by its highest for six months in January. What does it mean for consumers and interest-rates? Roger Hearing speaks to a giant Indian tyre maker on doing business in an America wedded to tariffs. And Brazil's plan to become a major exporter of... cannabis. The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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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.