Davos 2020: Greta demands climate action but Trump blasts pessimists - live news
(The Guardian Business News)

Rolling coverage of the first day of the World Economic Forum, including Donald Trump´s special address and Greta Thunberg´s panel sessionThunberg: tackle climate change for your children´s sakeTrump boasts of his success at Davos.......and backs 1 trillion trees pushYoung activists demand action at DavosThunberg: Listen to the scienceThe agenda 4.43pm GMT Larry Kudlow then hints that the Federal Reserve could consider cutting borrowing costs....Speaking delicately, he says the Fed has done a good job in 2019, reversing its rate rises in 2018.I wouldn´t mind seeing them be a little bolder. Our short-term rates in and around the Fed Funds market could be a little lower. 4.39pm GMT In case anyone missed his message the first time, Kudlow reiterates that:These negative rates are just not helping banks recover. Continue reading...