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Business Matters: Are US markets worried about impeachment?

Are US markets worried about impeachment?

21/11/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Are US markets worried about impeachment?

US Federal Reserve sees tentative signs that trade tensions with China have eased.

With Presidential impeachment hearings the talk of US politics  -- and the UK in the throes of the Brexit election campaign --  you might not think the risks to growth and investment have eased much.  But they just might have. And that's according to the US Federal Reserve, the central bank that sets Americas's interest rates. The Fed says it has seen tentative signs that trade tensions with China have eased -- and the probability of a no-deal UK exit from Europe  was judged to have lessened.  
The last couple of days have seen two major airlines, Easy Jet and Emirates, facing up remarkably frankly to what is surely the biggest single threat to their livelihoods -- climate change. What are their plans?
Also in the programme, we are looking into a groundbreaking project which aims to map the water quality of the River Ganges in India and purify hundreds of thousands of litres of water using mini mobile treatment plants.
Plus, are we getting enough choice from our music streaming platforms?
And - why are some employers cancelling Christmas parties?

Presenter Nigel Cassidy is joined by guests Alexis Goldstein in Washington DC and Madhavan Narayanan in Delhi.

PHOTO: US President Donald Trump, AFP

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