Change and other factors will complicate global trade for years to come. dana: american wallets are suffering as gas prices continue to sore and inflation a 41-year high. new data revealing that nearly all the incoos in retail sales last month was spent at the gas pump. let s bring in the money team. austan. when people dread going to the grocery store and gas station it has an effect on their morale. yeah, look, i think that s right. strangely in the consumer confidence numbers, they went up by much more than what was expected. that was a little weird. overall you are 100% right that as prices go up and especially gas prices, that s the big headline price that everyone sees when they drive down the street and it does affect their morale. dana: what did you make of that number with consumer confidence hanging in there?
With the units. sony saying we re closely monitoring reports of problems. we re looking at the story. we think it s an isolated incident, brian. everybody very interested ahead of the christmas season. sony saying, we think it s an isolated story. one or two units having problems. basically dead on arrival are some of the reports. thanksgiving approaching for we americans. the cost of thanksgiving is also something we keep an eye on. this year, not too bad. well, if you look at the basket that makes up the thanksgiving dinner, half the items are getting cheaper. half getting more expensive. there s a modest drop in the headline price of the meal. basically, it s flat. i commend your audience the chance to read more about the story with the great headline gobble, gobble your thanksgiving dinner prices dropped this year.