US election 2016: Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump for president

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin endorsed billionaire businessman Donald Trump for partys 2016 presidential nominee at a campaign special announcement in Ames, Iowa on 19 January. Trump described her as a special person that he says he had known and been close with for some time. Palin rallied the audience together in support of Trump and his policies. Jan 20, 2016

Mark Carney: Now is not yet the time to raise interest rates

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on 19 January that he did not have a set timetable for raising British interest rates and wanted to see faster growth and stronger underlying inflation first. Carney said global and domestic growth had proved weaker than he had expected in the middle of the year, when he predicted that a decision on when to raise interest rates would have come into sharper relief by early 2016. Jan 19, 2016