what s being done about them? well, alisyn and victor, it s a weird time for the economy, because in many ways, this is a strong recovery, but people don t really feel good right now. and part of that is about covid fatigue, but it s also about the high cost of living. 7.5% inflation in january. highest we ve seen in nearly 40 years. but we got to put context around that, because inflation was actually a lot worse 40 years ago. january 1981, consumer prices were up nearly 12%. 1980, it was almost 14%. so, we re getting closer to that, but we re still well below those inflation levels. we also have to look at borrowing costs because they started to go up as the federal reserve has snald a plan to fight inflation by raising interest rates. today, we learned mortgage rates hit 3.92%, highest since summer of 2019, but if you zoom out, that s actually really cheap. i mean, when my parents bought their first home in 1982, they would have killed for 4% interest rate. back then, the average
having initially thought of diana as his girlfriend s little sister, he looked at her with new eyes. and that was the beginning of their relationship. she was young. she was beautiful. she was aristocratic, titled. she ticked a lot of boxes for a future king. they were chaperoned where they went to the races. they did the routine things in his royal life in a very stayed and proper way. charles is pretty old-school. in the royal family you go along with protocol. charles used to ring me up and say would you like to come for a walk, would you like to come for barbecues and i would say, yes, please. i thought this was all wonderful. january 1981 diana is invited
having initially thought of diana as his girlfriends little sister, he looked at her with new eyes and that was the beginning of their relationship. she was young, she was beautiful, she was aristocratic, titled. she ticked a lot of boxes for a future kingsessing. they were chaperoned where they went, to the albert hall, for example, they went to the races, they did the routine things in his royal life in a very stayed and proper way. charles is pretty old school in the royal family you go along with protocol. charles used to ring up and say would you like to come for a walk, i d say yes, please. it was wonderful. january 1981, diana is
she cares about him as a person. having initially thought of diana as his girlfriend s little sister, he looked at her with new eyes. and that was the beginning of their relationship. she was young. she was beautiful. she was aristocratic, titled. she ticked a lot of boxes for a future king. they were chaperoned where they went to the races. they did the routine things in his royal life in a very stayed and proper way. charles is pretty old-school. in the royal family you go along with protocol. charles used to bring me out and say would you like to come for a walk, would you like to come for barbecues and i would say, yes, please. i thought this was all wonderful. january 1981 diana is invited