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World Business Report: First broadcast 07/11/2022 22:32 GMT : US midterms: Is the economy the biggest factor in the electorate's mind?

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US midterms: Is the economy the biggest factor in the electorate's mind?

First broadcast 07/11/2022 22:32 GMT 

First broadcast 07/11/2022 22:32 GMT : US midterms: Is the economy the biggest factor in the electorate's mind?

BBC World Service - World Business Report, US midterms: Is the economy the biggest factor in the electorate's mind?

All 435 seats in the House and 35 seats in the Senate are up for grabs.

The Democratic and Republican parties are making last-minute appeals for votes in the run-up to Tuesday's elections

The midterm elections decide the makeup of the US Congress, which has two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
  
Voting is held every two years and when they fall in the middle of the president's four-year term of office. We hear from Kenneth Mayor, Professor Department of political science at the University of Wisconsin  and Anna Wong, US Chief Economist at Bloomberg Economics, Former member of the Federal Reserve Board, White House Council of Economics Advisers, and U.S. Treasury.  
  
Belarus has banned the imports of Skoda, Liqui Moly and Beiersdorf products. Belarusian economist Jaroslav Romanchuk explains the economic impact. 
  
India's Supreme Court has upheld a controversial law that allows 10% of college places and government jobs to be reserved for poor people. Indian lawyer Nikita Sonavane tells us more.  
  
(Picture: American flag in Midtown Manhattan Credit: Getty Images)

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