to bring forward the publication of his economic plans to october 31st. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted to end strike action after accepting a government pay offer. there have been multiple strikes and explosions across ukraine, including in the capital kyiv. here s what we know so far. a series of explosions hit the city from around 8.15, local time, this morning. the government says at least eight people have been killed and many more injured in the strikes, which the city s mayor says also hit critical infrastructure. ukraine s military say at least 75 missiles have been fired during the wave of attacks, and claim the majority were shot
about pensioners getting more. that s about £18.15 a week. but the total cost of about £18.15 a week. but the total cost of that over the number of pensioners is clearly significant over pensioners is clearly significant over an pensioners is clearly significant overan entire year. pensioners is clearly significant over an entire year. so where does that nroney over an entire year. so where does that money come from, will be the question that money come from, will be the question i that money come from, will be the question. i don t think anybody will begrudge question. i don t think anybody will begrudge pensioners, but one has to argue begrudge pensioners, but one has to argue and begrudge pensioners, but one has to argue and work out where is the funding argue and work out where is the funding going to be? if the consequence is that others have to take a consequence is that others have to take a significant hit, they won t be happy, take a significant hit, th
a bushel. it is now at $8.15. want to visit your family? want to take a vacation? want to take a work trip? the average is up now more than 33%. gas prices, and you know this well, are up 50%. the average price of a used van was in may of last year, about 23,000. it is now 34,000. that is a 47% increase. in a real product you might have to buy it. it is not a .3 according to the cpi, the price is up from 22,000 to 20,000. want to buy a house? you are in trouble. median home prices up 16%. and the higher value zip codes are up a lot more than that, hundreds and a lot of places. here s the bad news if you want to buy one, it is at a 13 year high. so this really is worst-case
big impact on american consumers, that does not seem to be the case and that seems to be the message from the market, too, that brent was at 99.50 early tuesday. it s backed off to $98.15 right now. gas prices, which moved, they re up, too, the national average hitting $3.54 a gallon. that is a fresh 7-year high of 27 cents in a month. they ll go even higher if oil prices do. i think the question is what comes next. because white house officials said additional sanctions could come at any moment if russia takes further actions here. if the west ends up hitting russian banks or even russian oil companies, that would be a big deal because the world is short on oil supplies right now. they can t really afford losing access to russian bowels right now. we know they trade with a lot of volatility, right, so they may be down today but we could see oil prices go back up if tensions escalate in ukraine.