earlier, emmanuel macron s government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence over the plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. china s president xijinping is in moscow for a state visit with a man now wanted for war crimes. such is the geopolitical fallout from vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. the fact that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the russian president won t deter him for his continued assault on ukraine, but it does raise new questions about the long term consequences for russia. my guest is russian mp and state tv talk show host evgeny popov. how solid is putin s home front? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s good to have you on the show, mr popov. your president, vladimir putin, is a wanted man. the international criminal court has filed war crimes charges against him. do you recognise the symbolic importance
into bear market territory yesterday. economists predict the fed will raise interest rates again in another attempt to battle rising inflation. cnn business correspondent solomon is here with me now. this ppi report, why should people at home care about this? what s it matter for us? it s interesting because ppi doesn t get as much attention as the consumer price index, but it s really important because it s factory level inflation, what producers are experiencing, and we know what companies are feeling, we ll likely see a few months down the line in terms of consumer prices. even though we did see slight moderation in categories like food, the topline number is troubling because we know after friday s report that there were no signs of moderation, that there were signs of acceleration in inflation and what we have now with this report is a sign perhaps of more pain to come down the road. okay. so, now, tomorrow, expecting this big announcement. on how much, by how much t
feel any significant relief at the grocery store or gas pump. fuel costs just hit another new high, $4.40 a gallon on average for the first time ever. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is traveling with the president. jeremy, the president gave a speech about inflation yesterday. today it s supposed to be more about food supply. what can we expect? reporter: yeah, victor, but inflation will still be very much top of mind for the president as he addresses this dueling issue of rising food prices, as well as this global food shortage. part of it sparked by the war in ukraine. ukraine/russia, key suppliers of wheat around the world. we ll hear the president address both of those. and the fact that he s talking about inflation for the second day in a row, a reflection of the extent to which he s facing serious political pressure on this issue, a top issue for voters heading into the midterms. today we ll hear the president announce several new steps to help farmers
repaid. michelle singletary writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column, the color of money for the new york post, and also the author of the book, what to do with your money when a crisis hits: a survival guide. thank you so much for joining us today. in this case, if the supreme court rules against student loan forgiveness, what is your advice to all of those people out there who are counting on your loans going away and would then have to find a way instead to pay them off? yeah, we ll they ll have about three months to begin making their payments. the interest will start accruing in september, and the first payment wouldn t be do until october. and so what i have been telling people, if you haven t been making any payments and you got used to that pause, to start practicing paying those payments now. so put that money in a savings account and see how it impacts your budget. and if you find that that is
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