decisions on interest rates and they put up interest rates again by 0.25%. the last time they were there was middle of they were there was middle of the financial crisis in 2008. they also say they will stay for that level for quite some time so this idea of high interest rates to say is here to stay. interest rates to say is here to sta . f , interest rates to say is here to sta . j , , . to stay. they re big picture message to stay. they re big picture message is to stay. they re big picture message is not to stay. they re big picture message is not great, - to stay. they re big picture message is not great, it i to stay. they re big picture message is not great, it is| message is not great, it is pretty bleak. they are saying things may not be as bad as had been predicted. been predicted. that s where the graphs been predicted. that s where the graphs come been predicted. that s where the graphs come in been predicted. that s where the graphs come in and - bee
of the financial crisis, 2008 ish? yes. and they have said they will stay about that level for quite a while, so the idea that interest rates are here to stay is here to stay. and the big picture message is not great, it s pretty bleak, but they are kind of saying things might not be as bad as had been predicted. yes, that s where the graphs come in. we will now try and paint graphs with words, but they looked at inflation, which they do in all these reports and actually, they are now suggesting that inflation will fall faster than they predicted when they lasted this back in november. politically, that helps rishi sunak, showing his first pledge of halving inflation by the end of the year is comfortably going to be met on this trajectory. yes, and voters and lots of people will say hurrah to that. as far as the politics is concerned, there will be, as there was when he announced this, a slight scepticism about the extent to which he is actually responsible for that. it is qu
somebody in power will say something true and is swiftly punished for it. can t have that. it s infuriating to watch, but it s also if you look at it right, fear him using. these are not sophisticated deceptions for this is not dwight eisenhower planning. this is your five -year-old telling you he never touch the birthday cake. if you re human, you will laugh cake? what cake. it s hilarious, the kid has no idea how he relates ticketless years. with that spirit in mind, we ar going to devote the next hour a a special presentation on lying in american politics for it we will stay are best to stay amused because that s much better than being angry. we re going to start with what could be the funniest lie of th year. vladimir putin blew up natural russia s natural gas line to europe. why would they do that? because he s evil pray t so evi he murdered his own country s economy for the thrill of doing it. that s evil, it takes a bad man to declare war against himself. next he will
service in the female. those frozen pizza rolls at a. not to mention the backrub i just gave him in my office. larry, how about shaving once i a while? when i sit close to you this is what happens 50 get the mechanism is overpowering. inflation is bad, prices are still up 10 percent from last year with dallas, the twin cities in baltimore suffering the biggest increases. it so bad in texas that fort worth is no fort worth less. it so bad in dallas that gallon hat now holds only eight. the twin cities added a third cities to cover that. in baltimore, baltimore sucks. does it matter? but how bad is it across-the-board? have you had breakfast lately? at bed-and-breakfast a cost mor for the eggs benedict than for the bed. couples are saving up for a weekend getaway to denny s. after witnessing high egg prices , americans are opting to raise there own chickens to avoid the pain in the wallet freight i m sitting on threet nest in my office alone. for a variety of reasons. the price
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