in new york. thank you. mike: i don t know about you but so many people i know have mask fatigue. wear it for a while. a year and half later and most of us have gone to shots, some three shots and we still have to deal with the masks. gillian: it s not an easy thing. i will say it s a lot easier for me to wear a mask now than it was four months ago when i was pregnant. that was not fun. i am having an easier time with it now personally. mike: glad to hear it. gillian: thank you. mike: inflation hitting its highest level since ronald reagan was president. the consumer price index up almost 7% from november 2020. the index measures what you pay for goods and services. a level we have not seen since 1982. while the white house is boasting about an economic recovery, that message is not squaring with what americans are experiencing. we have team coverage from our friends at fox business. david asman is here.
you feel like you re missing something. after the debate the twitter index had president obama at a six-point lead. the index measures basically the candidates, the feelings towards the candidates. what does this index 39 versus 33 tell us about how people are feeling? it s just one of many indicators that i d look at. i mean, what i would say about that nurnl is generally speaking it marries up to how much better obama is doing than romney in social media. i ve said it with you before. that to me, that is the swing vote of this election. it is social media and who uses it best. it continues to be obama. back to your point. obviously social media is a great way to stay engaged, but it s not necessarily the best way to get an objective opinion. i try for example when i m doing it and a lot of journalist dos this, we re just basically reporting on what we see, but most of twitter out there especially from your friends is opinion. it is opinion.
he s also ordering lawmakers not to try to undue budget cuts that come as a result of the committee s failure. western powers are stepping up sanctions against iran after fears the country may be working on a nuclear weapons program. canada is banning all financial transactions. britain has ordered all financial institutions to stop doing business with iranian banks. the moderate father of a murdered british teen testified monday. they testified of phone hacking by the news of the world gave false hope she was alive. outrage over the scandal forced the closure of the tabloid in july. those are the headlines from cnn. world business today starts now. it s 9:00 a.m. here in london. i m nina dos santos. and it s 5:00 p.m. in hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today . these are our top stories today tuesday, november 22nd. no deal on debt reduction. the super committee proves it s anything but. tear gases and tensions in south korea. a