Business Weekly
US inflation soars at fastest rate in nearly 40 years and unrest in Kazakhstan fuels economic uncertainty.
On this edition of Business Weekly, we鈥檙e looking at the US inflation rate. It has hit 7% year on year, the largest rise since 1982. Used car prices and food costs are shooting up. We hear from Wells Fargo Economist Sarah Watt House and Gerald Daniels, an Associate Professor of Economics at Howard University who specialises in the economics of inequality.
The 麻豆社鈥檚 Ed Butler looks at the recent protests in Kazakhstan and we have a look inside the UK trials into psychedelic drugs for patients suffering with depression. Plus, we browse the shelves of ultra rare whisky, and hear why, and how, some parts of the Scottish industry are booming. The 麻豆社鈥檚 Elizabeth Hotson talks to both keen collectors, and dedicated producers.
Business Weekly is presented by Sasha Twining and produced by Clare Williamson.
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