welcome to our look at the top business stories. i m lukwesa burak. today, global markets will be watching the latest us inflation data for clues as to whether the federal reserve might move again on interest rates. inflation was 3.7% over the 12 months to september which is the same rate recorded for august. while inflation has cooled significantly from last year, it remains higher than the 2% target. this month, the us central bank held its key interest rate at its current 22 year high as it seeks to stabilise price rises, which had recently reached near record levels. joining me now is steven blitz, chief us economist, ts lombard. hello and welcome to the programme. hello and welcome to the programme- hello and welcome to the - programme. what are programme. thank you. what are ou programme. thank you. what are you expecting programme. thank you. what are you expecting later programme. thank you. what are you expecting later today? - programme. thank you. what are
giant headache. we re in limbo. i m aggravated. really aggravated. reporter: thousands of passengers at la guardia and newark can only wait as crews plow runways and deice planes. the flight is cancel and we re hoping get another one back to toronto but it isn t looking good. reporter: there is hope the airports will move again. i haven t seen any employees to walk around to let us know what is going on and we re all not in the know and waiting to see what we can find out. reporter: closures create a ripple effect in far away states like california, ohio and florida. many people trying to remain hopeful. it is what it is. it s the holidays and we ve had fun and we re going to get home somehow. reporter: strong winds blow the drifting snow across roads in states like delaware. it makes it tough for cars. you re best off with a truck right now. reporter: but crews are working on it. showily but surely they will receive east coast roads and airports from th