lebanon border and the north at this hour. this as the idf now says it s expanding ground operation into gaza. we ll have a live report on the ground in southern israel in just moments. welcome to fox news live, everyone. i m anita vogel. hey anita, i m griff jenkins. more pro-palestinian protests are planned across the country. in washington, police made arrests for defacing public property and in new york city where protesters disrupted friday night rush hour. cb cotton kicks things off with us for the latest here. hi, griff. the ongoing conflict continues to drive protests across the country. more pro-palestinian groups and far less justice coalitions, calling for a cease-fire in our nation s capital accusing the biden administration of helping to commit genocide against palestinians, take a listen. every single day this government and this institution send millions of dollars to the apartheid state of israel, shame, shame, shame! and hundreds gathering in d.c. on
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year. they are focused on minimizing costs, and they have indicated that they want to come to stores a bit earlier this year, so making sure that you are in stock and looking for promotions and deals is really going to drive behavior this year. as you were talking to parents, were there any categories where they indicated that they are still willing to spend, that they are prioritizing spending back to school shopping? parents did indicate that they are willing to splurge for the right thing. right quality product, new features within technology, or giving their children a way to express themselves through clothing and apparel. and we ve been in this sort of inflation cycle for quite some time now. anything surprise you in the report? the consistency of behavior, right? we re seeing and i think you mentioned inflation is starting to dip. we also track sentiment of customers and we re seeing despite inflation starting to slow, there is still a steady
in the uk and we ve got higher rates and we re in an inflation cycle, this is not the time of all times because the consequences of even bringing to the brink of default could be much larger than they were even in 2011 and in 2011 it was highly disruptive. yes, it absolutely was. so it is international women s day and so much has been made about how the pandemic hit women particularly hard, women dropping out of the workforce, unable to return because of what life has presented, pay gaps widening. where does that stand? how much ground is there to make up? what do you see? you know, it s really an interesting question, kate, and it s really hard for me sitting here today on international women s day and seeing the lack of progress we made. the united states was once the leader in women s participation in the labor market among prime
this very fast increase of interest rates because of these other factors. as these other factors start to abate, you re left with just high interest rates. yeah, exactly. it s interesting because i think at this point in the inflation cycle you re no longer seeing goods inflation, right? you re no longer seeing supply side inflation. you re starting to see a lot of wage inflation and service side inflation. now the question is how much damage does the fed cause to the demand side of the equation? i think investors heading into the december meeting were hoping finally for some doveish language and hear powell say we re going to take a wait and see approach and they didn t get it. i think in 2023 it will still be investors holding their breath waiting to finally hear those words from jay powell. what are you looking forward to next year? i am looking forward to a return to cooler inflation, a return to you. personally? yes.