Welcome to 2020, two headlines highlights, and history. We are coming to from times square in the heart of new yor city, home to the famous bal drop that marks the beginning, and and of every year. I am and im Savannah Sellers but the next hour, we ar taking a look back at th biggest stories of 2022. It started with the war i ukraine,s Supreme Court retirement, and the oscar slap the shook hollywood. And it is ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears and a world uniting on the soccer field along the way there were celebrations, loss, an hopefully some lessons to take until 2023 first, lets remember the headlines that fine 202 were seismic, and historic europes Largest Armed conflic since world war ii, a suprem Court Decision that overturned more than four decades o precedent. The death of a monarch who had rainforest 70 years. Yet, in its earliest days, 202 seemed more like a copycat wit the worst qualities of the two previous years staggering new covid numbers, deadly cases
welcome to 2020, two headlines highlights, and history. we are coming to from times square in the heart of new yor city, home to the famous bal drop that marks the beginning, and and of every year. i am - and i m savannah sellers but the next hour, we ar taking a look back at th biggest stories of 2022. it started with the war i ukraine, s supreme court retirement, and the oscar slap the shook hollywood. and it is ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears and a world uniting on the soccer field along the way there were celebrations, loss, an hopefully some lessons to take until 2023 first, let s remember the headlines that fine 202 were seismic, and historic europe s largest armed conflic since world war ii, a suprem court decision that overturned more than four decades o precedent. the death of a monarch who had rainforest 70 years. yet, in its earliest days, 202 seemed more like a copycat wit the worst qualities of the two previous years staggering new
overall inflation picked up steam over the beginning o 2020, to clocking in at 9% i june, the fastest pace of pric increases since the 19 80s food prices soared, a gallon o milk now averaging $4.22 chicken, $1.84 pound, and dozen great a egg $3.59 dozen. all more expensive than this time last year gas prices topped $5 a gallo in the summer before childre below $3.50 in the later par of the ear and then rand, th biggest express our most hel souls joining seven to 8%. inflation did show - in the later part of the air a the federal reserve exhilarate the base of its interest rat increases. one quarter point, thre quarters of a percentage point the fed continue to raise rates at that pace, a speed no seen in decades. the idea, to make borrowin costs more expensive to slow the economy, and inflation among the sharpest slowdowns i the housing market were home