Documents. And this isnt a gotcha show, but i want to ask you about youre currently 81 years old. Who told you that. All jokes aside this is real concern for american voters. How do you address that concern as you come up to the 2024 election . Well, a couple things. Number one hes about as old as i am and he cant remember his wifes name. That was President Biden last night on late night with seth myers. Today the president could face a sizable protest vote in michigans primary. Well go through that straight ahead. Meanwhile, the president is optimistic that a ceasefire in gaza could happen in a matter of days. Well bring you the very latest on the negotiations between israel and hamas. And that comes as congressional leaders are set to meet with biden today at the white house in hopes of hammering out a deal to avoid a government shutdown. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, february 27th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin
Americans love of lattes and iced coffee helped starbucks through the worst of the post pandemic years. But with high inflation in the us, a cup of coffee is now 5 on average. The big question for investors going into this Earnings Season was would consumers still spend money on elaborate coffees . The answer was mixed. Sales in North America grew 7 , even after the chain raised prices. That figure was below wall streets forecast. Customer traffic only increased by 1 . Most of the gains came from existing customers spending more money. Sales in china, its second biggest market, rose sharply. Same store sales increased a whopping 46 from a year ago. Starbucks remains a favorite brand among chinese consumers. The company benefiting from a rebound after strict covid 19 restrictions were lifted. But the coffee chain said that Wage Increases and investment in its cafes dragged down its overall profits. Starbucks ceo laxman narasimhan, who took over from predecessor Howard Schultz in march,
Inflation the worlds biggest economy last month dampened expectations. That decision comes a day before Second Quarter gdp figures are released and many economists are expecting the us economy likely remained in expansion during the april to june period. Rounding off the week will be the bank ofjapan. Last month they saw core consumer prices, excluding food, rising higher than the banks Inflation Target so that put extra pressure on the central bank to tweet its altar easy monetary policy. I earlier spoke to naim aslam and he told me how he expected the fed to go. I think the Federal Reserve isnt under immense pressure, as they were before the inflation data, as you rightly pointed that out. Because inflation is sitting at 3 and im speaking about the headline inflation, which is not that much farther from the Federal Reserve s target of 2 and especially if you compare what this number was. It wasnt too long ago when we saw this number in double digits and falling all the way to 3 . Whe
Inflation the worlds biggest economy last month dampened expectations. That decision comes a day before Second Quarter gdp figures are released and many economists are expecting the us economy likely remained in expansion during the april to june period. Rounding off the week will be the bank ofjapan. Last month they saw core consumer prices, excluding food, rising higher than the banks Inflation Target so that put extra pressure on the central bank to tweet its altar easy monetary policy. I earlier spoke to naim aslam and he told me how he expected the fed to go. I think the Federal Reserve isnt under immense pressure, as they were before the inflation data, as you rightly pointed that out. Because inflation is sitting at 3 and im speaking about the headline inflation, which is not that much farther from the Federal Reserve s target of 2 and especially if you compare what this number was. It wasnt too long ago when we saw this number in double digits and falling all the way to 3 . Whe
Inflation the worlds biggest economy last month dampened expectations. That decision comes a day before Second Quarter gdp figures are released and many economists are expecting the us economy likely remained in expansion during the april to june period. Rounding off the week will be the bank ofjapan. Last month they saw core consumer prices, excluding food, rising higher than the banks Inflation Target so that put extra pressure on the central bank to tweet its altar easy monetary policy. I earlier spoke to naim aslam and he told me how he expected the fed to go. I think the Federal Reserve isnt under immense pressure, as they were before the inflation data, as you rightly pointed that out. Because inflation is sitting at 3 and im speaking about the headline inflation, which is not that much farther from the Federal Reserve s target of 2 and especially if you compare what this number was. It wasnt too long ago when we saw this number in double digits and falling all the way to 3 . Whe