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The Fed may raise interest rates this year for the first time since the financial crisis. We speak to a former Federal Reserve board member about what that could mean for the US and beyond. The UK announces its budget, but has the government got the right economic approach? Economist Roger Bootle gives us his analysis. Plus, the struggle to revive cities after the recession.

In the wake of violent protests at the opening of the new ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, is it always possible to achieve peaceful protest? We debate this with our guest from Washington, Alexis Goldstein of The Other 98% - an off-shoot of Occupy Wall Street - and from Bangalore, by Revathy Ashok of the Political Action Committee.

Finally, Himalayan yak cheese anyone? How a traditional Nepalese cheese snack became a canine favourite in America.