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Wake Up to Money

BBC

Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Will Bain reacts to The Federal Reserve keeping interest rates on hold in the US. We also look into why Energy giant Orsted has discontinued plans to continue working on one of the UK’s largest offshore windfarms in the North East. And we meet the manager of one pub selling off VE Day Pints for just 7p - the equivalent of what they'd have cost 80 years ago.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading journalists, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sports stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the player's mouths.
0:19.1	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC
0:21.6	is our unique access to the sporting world.
0:24.8	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts
0:27.2	that create a real connection to dedicated sports fans
0:30.1	across the UK.
0:31.4	So if you like this podcast,
0:33.0	head over to BBC Sounds
0:34.1	where you'll find plenty more.
0:37.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:41.0	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:44.4	Hello, morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money.
0:46.8	Coming up this morning.
0:47.9	In support of our goals, today the Federal Open Market Committee decided to leave our
0:51.5	policy interest rate unchanged.
0:53.5	No change then for the US
0:54.9	central bank in terms of those key borrowing rates, ramping up the pressure with President Trump,
0:59.6	perhaps, who was hoping for a cut. We'll delve into that and what it might tell us about the Bank
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