we re doing all kind of bills. trying to keep up with all things trying to get done in the next two to three months. mcconnell has represented kentucky in the senate since he he isn t up for re-election again until 2026. there s a widely held belief he won t run again. his health has been closely watched by the white house. he s become an important bulwark the white house belief for some of the important elements, and he s been able to stand up at times to mccarthy and trump. the white house fears whoever could come next even if it s a somewhat moderate like a john thune who we just saw there that person might feel they have to turn much more to the right and be a more difficult partner. everyone is watching what happens next. still ahead we ll turn to sports, and baseball s best
yeah, look, the market is anticipating the same, right? they re looking to head down the same trajectory. the dow jones is really a stellar moving forward and i suppose that s on the back of fact that tech stocks perhaps not in keen focus, so it s the dow jones time to shine. remember on a year on year basis or rather for this year the dow jones actually isn t up that much. it s up around 6.4%. the nasdaq is up around 411% or so. clearly there s some room to grow for the dow jones. the economics front, though, we saw jobless benefits as well come out. few americans apply for jobless benefits last week. seems the u.s. labor market continues to trudge along despite these higher interest rates. johnson & johnson beating estimates as you noted as well on that front both on the revenue and as well on the earnings side. so too was american airlines. so a strong showing really on
like many firms, pret s locked into high energy rates until the autumn. throw in more potential pay rises and this boss isn t serving up any good news just yet on uk food price inflation. i still think there s a bit more time to go before it peaks and i think that it will stay stubbornly high for the next few months or so, but what i can see, that we are passing through at a lower percentage than general inflation and food inflation. of course not everyone can afford food on the go these days. there s just no real letup in this cost of living crisis and that includes home made packed lunches too. here s a flavour based on own label supermarket products. whipping up an egg and cress sandwich now costs 41% more than a year ago. cheese sarnies are the most popular and they re up 37%. tuna mayo though isn t up by nearly as much. crisps, cola and a bit of fruit
period of time i don t mean a few weeks, certainly a number of years. that s the first thing. and the second thing is that the necessary work of what a new ireland would look like so that people could make a logical decision has to be undertaken and completed. we are a long way away from that point so whether it is the end of this decade whether it is the end of this decade whether it s a bit longer but certainly not now. i think there will be in due time a unity referendum, i think it should be on a new ireland, a different kind of ireland and we will get everyone in an inclusive way but we are a number of years away from that and then unless we can make progress on the issues in front of us know it will be even further away. looking ahead is it a bit awkward or embarrassing that us president is is it a bit awkward or embarrassing that us presiden that us president is due to be visitin: that us president is due to be visiting to that us president is due to be visiting to mark tha
two weeks, if power sharing isn t up and running by then, of the local elections in may, when is it likely that they will be? because the people living there, that is what happens. this comes down to the dup and their decision. it was interesting to see hillary clinton weighing in on this over the last two day saying that if members of the dup still oppose the brexit deal and don t want to go into government, they should maybe give way to other politicians who will take their place inside. that was quite a provocative statement by clinton but it does reflect some of the us thinking that this is the best deal. a lot of people think that northern ireland is best deal. a lot of people think that northern irelan- best deal. a lot of people think that northern ireland is going to net from that northern ireland is going to get from brexit, that northern ireland is going to get from brexit, that that northern ireland is going to get from brexit, that rishi - that northern ireland is going