and are earning more than ever before. let s start with oil prices, because they ve risen some 20% over the past three weeks. this time last week, prices surged after the oil cartel, opec +, decided it would reduce its combined output by 1.1 million barrels per day. crude prices climbed after the cartel s announcement, but later in the week they steadied, following the latest us and chinese economic data which suggested weaker post pandemic growth. so where are we headed? russ mould, investment research director at aj bell joins me now. i m very excited about this. you are down by the seaside in brighton but actually here today. on the bank holiday we dragged you in. what are your thoughts about oil right now? opec + is seen as this organisation by the white house is not especially helpful when it comes to our outlook for the global economy, cutting production and causing another spike in the price of oil which is very inflationary? it spike in the price of oil which is very
issues and prices to increase. capacity issues and staff, prices to increase. capacity issues and staff, julia - prices to increase. capacity issues and staff, julia lo i issues and staff, julia lo bue said thank you for your thoughts on that. well, staying with travel, the industry may be seeing an uptick but many businesses are still suffering from severe staff shortages, more than a year after the end of pandemic restrictions. our reporter peter ruddick has been to the lake district to find out about some of the problems, and possible solutions. these hands started at the debt at 630 in here, there was already an hour ahead of that doing menus for today. easter holidays, fun. at katz kitchen the owner has given more than her name to the business, staff shortages mean she has to fill many roles herself. many roles herself. nobody available many roles herself. nobody available to many roles herself. nobody available to work many roles herself. nobody available to work this -
we re going to do everything we can to bring them home, and that s what we did in this case. kimberly, i m going to turn the floor over to you because you weren t happy about that. no, i said it needs to be friday soon because i need a break from these people, from the nonsense that spews from their tongue like peppermint candy drops. you re coming here to torture me? the tone, julia, that s the thing i get. it s like, absolutely you bet. why not just say, this is unfortunate. we are sad for the family. there are a hundred other things they could have said to still up uphold the president s position and not make it sound like, absolutely, we re fine. you can t even do it. i can t even do it. tone aside tone aside. what other alternative was there? i mean we told the truth. we wish that we had exercised a little bit more caution in our statement before we said he served with honor and