Number 1. easily number 1. among republicans, checked in at 51%. among democrats, guess what it was? 12%. very interesting the way parties are looking at this economy right now. for democrats, 37% in that poll thought preserving democracy was the number 1 issue in america. hence perhaps the reason why you see all the cases laying down against donald trump. one thing to watch in this, martha. i was in chicago over the weekend. getting a ride with this guy. he s got a nice car, a nice s.u.v. i pass this gas station. i said, holy cow. when did that happen? he said two weeks ago. i was paying $4.02 for a gallon of gas. today i m paying $4.68 for a gallon of gas. that matters. martha: the numbers have been creeping back up again. people notice that. let s put up some household numbers of where we see inflation in america. this is the cpi from january
Advantage of borrowing that money, and interest rates charged, that interest rate less operating costs is then paid back to savers as a reward for providing those deposits. so it is not quite a like for like comparison as you would describe. it is more about, as i say, balancing the amount charged to borrowers versus the amount to reward savers, very conscious that most of us are facing cost of living pressures. does it sound reasonable to you that the average rate for a two year mortgage deal is at 6.47% but the average easy access savings rate is at 2.45%? there is a difference of 4.02 percentage points. does that seem reasonable when you re talking about how the banks are balancing? well, i think we have to sort of break that down a bit because we really need to compare apples with apples rather than with pears. if i was to say a two year fixed mortgage rate with a two year savings bond,
Upstairs. i miss it. steve: i bet you do. i have known you longer than any other person in this building because as the book details, you started out and grew up in the suburbs of washington, d.c. spring maryland. steve: you and i worked together channel 5 in washington, d.c. that was a great start for me and i detail in the chapters how i grew up in what a mess i was when i was a teenager, young adult. i had to get myself together. it took a few years to figure things out. steve: you were doing drywall for a while. and sheet rock. steve: how did you do drywall to the big stories in the world? i didn t want to stare at the wall compound the rest of my life so i went back to junior college. i had a grade point average of 4.02. steve: that is hard to do. i took a class pointing towards journalism. i realized i did the morning
Price relief to improved inventory. the times reports that netflix has unveiled plans for a production facility in the great state of new jersey. the $900 million facility would serve as the streaming giant s center of east coast operations. during construction, the project is expected to generate up to 3,500 jobs and the press & dylan sunderland bulletin says new yorkers will see a hike in their wages earlier next year. they ll start making at least $14.02 an hour in addition, all fast food workers in the state will make $15. coming up, brutal winter weather has caused flight cancellations and delays across the country. we ll go live to chicago o hare international airport for more on the holiday travel troubles
Workers outside of westchester county will start making $14.02 an hour. in addition, all fast food workers in the state will make $15 an hour. we ll have the latest on the historic weather storm that has parts of the country still covered in snow and ice. also ahead as we prepare to close the book on 2022, we re looking ahead to the issues that will be making headlines in 2023 morning joe is back in just a moment ( ) how do we demonstrate our unmovable strength? (eagle call) nope. how do we show that we ll stand tall through the storms?