see, raising interest rates is the fed s best tool to combat persistently high inflation, which consumers have seen reflected in higher prices for nearly everything. and while inflation has fallen by half from itsjune 2022 high of 7%, it s still higher than the fed s target of 2%. earlier this year, federal reserve policymakers hinted that they may hike interest rates once more before the year is out. they ll have a chance this week, or at their last meeting in december, or they could not do it at all. investors and economists are predicting that policymakers will skip a rate hike this week and, instead, hold rates steady, giving everything more time to work its way through the economy. we ll know the fed s next step on wednesday. one of the many things that have become more expensive for consumers is energy. oil prices have swung wildly over the last few years, due to the pandemic and the war in eastern europe. at one point, after russia invaded ukraine, prices rose to about
Welcome back. Do twins ever get together and play tricks on their friends and family . Lets ask caitlin malcuit. She has a twin sister. Whatd you guys do to a teacher . So, um, it was an orchestration of my teacher in the third grade. We switched places. Um, so, my teacher sent me downstairs it was a picture day, so we were dressed identically, and i called her out saying i needed to tell her something, and then we just pulled the switch. She went up to my classroom. I sat in on hers. Took a spelling test for her and everything. Okay. Yep. But it was fun. It was, yeah. April fools. All right. [ laughs ] jason newell is a Quality Analyst from chicago. Yes. And must be a writer as well, because didnt you win an award . Yes, i did. Which was . It was a Gwendolyn Brooks Young Authors award, and so it was for Elementary School students. And our teacher my fifth grade Language Arts teacher had us all write a book, and i wrote a book called adventures, incorporated, and was selected to go to
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