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Tuesday 18 January 2011 at 10.30pm on BBC 2
Presented by Kirsty Wark



UK inflation jumped in December - the Consumer Prices Index rose from 3.3% in November to 3.7% the following month.

Mervyn King appears quite sanguine, but will the pressure to lift interest rates to curb inflation be overwhelming, and is there, as some commentators suggest, any evidence that "inflating away the debt" is an attractive proposition for the powers that be?

Paul Mason will have his analysis on UK inflation, and what is driving it here, and globally.

With the Chinese President Hu Jintao arriving in Washington for a state visit this evening, Matt Frei reports on the attitude of ordinary Americans to the rise of a rival superpower, and what they think their government should be doing about it.

And what impact will Steve Jobs sabbatical have on Apple? He is the face of the company. Is he their fortune too? Apple's quarterly figures are out just an hour before we go on air and are expected to be better than good, but the share price is slipping. After the iPad who will deliver the next big thing for Apple?

Please join us at 10.30pm, Kirsty


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