good thursday morning. top of the hour. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. major economic news this morning and good news. inflation showing signs of easing in the month of december consumer prices post the biggest monthly decline in months, also easing in the annual growth rate. the impact this could on the fed s decision to race interest rates. how much, how long, we ll break down the numbers just ahead. president biden s legal team has discovered a second batch of classified documents. the white house has declined to comment on the matter. republicans certainly have much to say. we ll discuss the legal political ramifications facing the administration, also the differences with trump s handling of such documents. the airline industry this morning recovering from that massive damage done by a single corrupted file yesterday. what is the faa saying as they investigate the cause for these thousands of delays and cancellations yesterday. we ll bring you up to speed. firs
yet. i think people worried about interest rates are probably going to be in a good place going forward. let me ask you this, there s been a lot of talk here from a political perspective. republicans saying this is all about stimulus money. that clearly was a factor. but we ve seen inflation around the world and there was certainly a pandemic factor here, a supply chain factor. on that side of things, are we beginning to see that not just here in the u.s. but around the world, that that pressure is being relieved on the economy? oh, for sure. if you look back at the pandemic, this is kind of a once-in-a-generational event, at least in terms of the kind of supply chain disruption we saw. now we re seeing a more regionalized world. companies are saying, wow, we can t just have one highly vulnerable supply chain going from china to the u.s. we ve got to have a lot of different supply chains. we ve got to create more resiliency. over 90% of multi nationals are