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European Central Bank Stronger Economic Stimulus

The ECB has cut interest rates and unveiled plans to buy corporate bonds to boost growth. We hear from a fund manager in London and an economist at a Spanish bank.

The ECB has cut interest rates and unveiled plans to buy corporate bonds to boost growth. We hear from a fund manager in London and an economist at a Spanish bank.

Ireland has entered a period of political and economic uncertainty after the newly elected members of the parliament, the Dail, met in Dublin for the first time, but failed to appoint a new prime minister, or Taoiseach. No party gained enough seats to form a government and a caretaker administration is likely to be in charge for weeks, while TDs, members of the Dail, try to strike a deal to form a coalition government. No new policy measures will be decided until a new government is formed and the uncertainty threatens to undermine the Irish economy. We get a report from Diarmaid Fleming in Dublin.

Republican opponents of the controversial billionaire Donald Trump have been spending big money on advertising to attack him. Supporters of Republican rival Marco Rubio funded anti-Trump advertisements ahead of Tuesday's primary in Mr Rubio's home state of Florida. Economic commentator, Irwin Stelzer, from the Hudson Institute in Washington, gives us his take on events.

It is Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ School Report Day, an annual event where we invite young people, aged from 11 to 16, to create their own reports about subjects that are important to them. Here in the UK, dairy farming is at a crossroads. Increased supply and slower demand are presenting big challenges. Milk prices have fallen, and many dairy farms are going out of business. We have a School Report compiled by a group of young people from a village that has given its name to the cheese, Cheddar, in south-west England.

(Picture: European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Copyright: Getty Images)

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Thu 10 Mar 2016 19:32GMT

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