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Afternoon Briefing Friday 15th December

The Times Briefing for the afternoon of Friday 15th December. For more on these stories throughout the day tune into Times Radio - on DAB, online, through your smart speaker or on the Times Radio app.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

enDecember 15, 2023

AI robocalls and ethical concerns for New Yorkers

New York Mayor Eric Adams doesn’t speak Mandarin. But with AI he can. Some New Yorkers may have received a robocall of the mayor speaking in their native tongue. Is this a golden opportunity or ethical dilemma? Plus, we’ll hear the latest on the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen answers questions on financially supporting Israel and Ukraine.

Here’s everything we talked about:

- “Powell Says Strong Economic Data ‘Could Warrant’ Higher Rates” from The New York Times

- Climate protesters disrupt Jay Powell’s speech from Elisabeth Buchwald on X

- “Heating costs should be down this winter for natural gas users” from Marketplace

- “Janet Yellen: America can ‘certainly’ afford to support Israel and Ukraine, US Treasury secretary says” from Sky News

- “How much aid does the US give to Israel?” from USA Facts

- “Can New York’s mayor speak Mandarin? No, but with AI he’s making robocalls in different languages” from AP News

- “Tongue Twisted: Adams Taps AI to Make City Robocalls in Languages He Doesn’t Speak” from The City

- “NYC Mayor Eric Adams uses AI to make robocalls in languages he doesn’t speak” from The Verge

Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap! The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern. We’ll have news, drinks, a game and more.

enOctober 20, 2023

Afternoon Briefing Wednesday 15th March

The Times Briefing for the afternoon of Wednesday 15th March. For more on these stories throughout the day tune into Times Radio - on DAB, online, through your smart speaker or on the Times Radio app.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

enMarch 15, 2023

Why would you cut tax and raise tax at the same time? The Spring Statement and what it means for you

Why would you cut tax and raise the same tax at the same time? That’s been the slightly baffled response from many people to Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement.

Effectively, the Chancellor both cut and raised National Insurance – lifting the threshold it is paid at but ignoring calls to 'spike the hike' and ploughing ahead with the 1.25 per cent being added to rates.

Bizarrely, the tax rate goes up in April, only for the threshold to rise and reduce bills shortly afterwards in July. And we wonder why people find tax taxing?

On this week’s podcast, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert dive into the detail of the Spring Budget to explain what the NI hike / cut means for you.

Depending on their earnings some will be in the group paying more than now and some will pay less?

The team also look at the other measures in the Spring Statement and whether a 5p petrol duty cut and some money off solar panels really cuts the mustard in the face of a cost of living crisis.

The Office of Budget Responsibility also had some bad news for us: inflation is tipped to hit almost 9 per cent, energy bills are likely to rise another 40 per cent or so, and there’s the not so trivial matter of the biggest fall in living standards since records began in the 1950s. How bad will this feel?

Away from the Spring Statement, the podcast looks at what’s going on with building costs and how to try to get the best quote from a builder, stick to a budget and protect against price rises.

And finally, you might not go fully down the secretive POA (price on application) route when selling your home, but should you name an asking price, guide price, or ask for offers over a certain amount? Georgie, Lee and Simon dabble with a bit of estate agentese

This is Money Podcast

enMarch 25, 2022

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Episodes (4)

Afternoon Briefing Friday 15th December

AI robocalls and ethical concerns for New Yorkers

Afternoon Briefing Wednesday 15th March

Why would you cut tax and raise tax at the same time? The Spring Statement and what it means for you