Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled central bank officials are on course to cut interest rates in September unless inflation progress stalls, citing risks of further labor-market weakening.(2) It’s a close call, but Bank of England policymakers are likely to vote for the first interest rate cut since the start of the pandemic after inflationary pressures in the UK receded. (3) The US is considering unilateral restrictions on China’s access to AI memory chips and equipment capable of making those semiconductors as soon as next month, a move that would further escalate the tech rivalry between the world’s biggest economies.(4) Republican nominee Donald Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity at a contentious roundtable with Black journalists, fumbling an attempt to reach out to voters of color.(5) More than 100 people have been arrested outside Downing Street after a violent protest broke out in the wake of the Southport attack.
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