Qatari Prime Minister, Fed Interest Preview, EV Sales

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

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Qatar's prime minister sounds a cautious note on the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. The Federal Reserve weighs when to cut interest rates. And electric vehicle sales slow.

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0:00.0	What's it like to be the one passing messages between Israel and Hamas?
0:06.0	Our aim is to finish this as soon as possible.
0:09.0	Contress Prime Minister hopes to pause the killing and bring home hostages. We ask what the prospect... This is The Federal Reserve is preparing to lower interest rates, though some policy makers are in no rush.
0:28.0	I'm not comfortable even contemplating declaring victory.
0:32.0	What factors decide when they can... contemplating declaring victory.
0:32.6	What factors decide when they can?
0:34.6	Also, electric vehicle sales grew last year.
0:37.0	Now, production and sales are slowing.
0:39.4	So I think we're just going from roie to reality.
0:43.2	What's that mean for a technology
0:44.8	at the center of an energy transition?
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