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Nikki Haley has claimed Beijing is «preparing for war». China has spent half a century plotting to defeat America and in some respects, the Chinese military is already at par with the US armed forces, Haley said in a major policy speech on the economy in the key early primary State of New Hampshire on Friday. Her speech comes two days after her India-American Republican rival Vivek Ramaswamy delivered a foreign policy speech on China in Ohio. Both Haley and Ramaswamy have emerged as popular GOP candidates after former US president Donald Trump. «Strength and pride are essential to our national survival, especially in the face of Communist China.

The White House has direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded

Former McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner analyzes the state of the fast-food industry as the U.S. economy slows on 'The Claman Countdown.'

Commonwealth Financial Network Chief Investment Officer Brad McMillan discusses the impact of the UAW strike on the economy, the Federal Reserve's anticipated rate decision and his outlook on the markets.

Bank of England's decision to halt interest rate increases for the first time in almost two years. S&P Global's composite Purchasing Managers' Index slipped to 46.8 in September from 48.6 the month before, the sharpest decline in output since January 2021 when the UK was in lockdown. The reading was worse than economists expected and plunged the private sector deeper into contraction territory. The survey was cited in the BOE's decision to hold interest rates at 5.25% as evidence that Britain's already sputtering economy was weakening. The central bank had an early look at the indicator before its decision, which economist said may indicate that borrowing costs have peaked for now. The PMI adds to a growing list of indicators that point to a lackluster second half of the year for the economy. Retail sales data also out Friday showing a smaller-than-expected bounce back in August. That suggests retail may be a drag on gross domestic product figures for the third quarter unless September delivers a big bounce higher. S&P also said there had been an “abrupt turnaround” in the jobs market, with staff cuts the fastest since October 2009, excluding lockdowns during the pandemic.

Crisil Market Intelligence and Analytics.“Farmers this kharif are expected to witness a decline in yields across key crops like paddy, cotton, maize and pulses. Considering the sowing and yield situation and market conditions, we expect paddy prices to remain elevated on-year, whereas pulse prices are expected to rise significantly on a high base due to anticipated lower output on year," Sharma said. The sowing of coarse cereals went up 2.3% year-on-year to 18.6 mh.

Health Care Ltd on Friday pointed to a broad consumption rise in its business segments, even as steep commodity prices, erratic rains and the recent spike in inflation keep the maker of Whisper, Vicks and Old Spice on its toes. “We’re seeing consumption trends to be broadly up, driving our optimism," said Gautam Kamath, the company’s vice-president of finance. “However, retail inflation for the months of July and August have averaged 7% and August rainfall has shown an 11% negative deviation from the norm, driving the caution part of it.

look-out circulars (LOCs) against defaulters only in exceptional circumstances when questions affecting the country's economy are involved and the authority concerned must satisfy itself before such circulars are issued, the Delhi High Court ruled on Friday. Expressing displeasure over banks insisting on LOCs for recovery of dues without initiating any criminal proceedings, Justice Subramonium Prasad said there has to be some application of mind as these circulars result in restraining a person's right to travel abroad. He further noted that the opening of an LOC also casts aspersions on the person against whom it is opened. The judgment came on a petition by the two former directors of a company whose loan accounts were declared as NPA by Bank of Baroda in 2019.

China are establishing two working groups to discuss economic and financial issues, the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the world's largest economies. The groups «will provide ongoing structured channels for frank and substantive discussions on economic and financial policy matters, as well as an exchange of information on macroeconomic and financial developments,» the US Treasury Department said in a statement Friday. Meetings will be held regularly at the vice-minister level, with officials reporting back to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, according to the Treasury. That framework is notably less extensive than the bilateral forums earlier this century, when gatherings featured multiple cabinet members and spanned a wide array of subject matters. The announcement comes after a string of visits to China by high-level US officials that appear to have helped stabilize ties.

euro area's two biggest economies has continued to shrink in September with weak demand for goods and services. While the downturn eased in Germany, it deepened in France, according to business surveys released by S&P Global on Friday. Economists had expected momentum in both countries to remain broadly stable. The performance of Germany's services sector was a «pleasant surprise» as it only contracted marginally this month, S&P Global said.

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Opposition parties which tore copies of the women's reservation bill earlier were forced to support it in Parliament due to BJP's strength in both Houses and 'growing empowerment of women' in the last few years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. He described Parliament's passage of the bill as historic and one that would be registered in the minds of the people for years. Women ministers, BJP office-bearers, MPs and party supporters felicitated Modi at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Friday for passage of the bill. Modi touched the feet of some women MPs to mark the celebration of the legislation. Speaking on the occasion, Modi claimed the bill had been moved in Parliament a few times earlier for the 'sake of doing so' and 'lacked any seriousness' in passing it.

India market share is one of the highest for any airline in a domestic market across the world. But its larger strategy now is becoming a more global airline from a purely domestic one, Pieter Elbers, who was brought in as chief executive last year from Air France-KLM, tells Arindam Majumder. Edited excerpts:Q. It has been a year of aggressive expansion adding international destinations where Indians hardly travelled before. Are those yielding money? A: It is a strategy that we launched a year ago — that we build our own network, develop partnership, and expand connectivity.

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman analyzes the state of the housing market after mortgage rates surged past 7% on 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast.'

Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh provides insight on economic policies on 'Kudlow.'

Federated Hermes CIO of Equities Stephen Auth joined ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the U.S. economy as high oil prices start to raise concerns about sticky inflation.

MonetaryMacro.com CIO Joseph Wang argues while headline inflation has cooled, core inflation remains stuck above the Fed's target on 'Making Money.'

Americans have been crunched by inflation and interest rates.

Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his address to the UN General Assembly, saying that Kashmir is the key to peace between New Delhi and Islamabad. Pakistan consistently rakes up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at various UN platforms, irrespective of the agenda and topic of discussion at the meetings. Addressing the General Debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, Kakar said Pakistan desires peaceful and productive relations with all its neighbours, including India. «Kashmir is the key to peace between Pakistan and India,» he said. «Development depends on peace. Pakistan is situated in the least economically integrated region in the world.