Basically nothing. the reason you would look to fix is for price certainty so you know you re growing at rates are not going to go up for the duration of your contract. that would be the reason i would be looking to fix. taste would be the reason i would be looking to fix. would be the reason i would be looking to fix. we can talk about caettin a looking to fix. we can talk about getting a better looking to fix. we can talk about getting a better deal, looking to fix. we can talk about getting a better deal, and - looking to fix. we can talk about getting a better deal, and we i looking to fix. we can talk about| getting a better deal, and we are having messages which are outlining the reality of all of those in distressing ways for a lot of our listeners and viewers. 0ne contributor said i am disabled, i cannot afford more than one minute in the shower. i am supposed to have a 15 minute shower. i cannot afford it. i am a 15 minute shower. i cannot afford it. iam paying a 15 minut
The goal of course to reduce inflation without pushing the country into recession. but can that be done? well, it needs to be done, rosemary. but i think it s a really fine balance. i think why the market reacted the way it did is because the fed stated last meeting that they were going to do this, and that they were going to you know, this increase in interest rate really, let s be honest, really after the inflation. so the market reacted accordingly thinking that the fed will have this in control. and to your point, this is a step for investors to pay attention to say that this will happen and could cause a curb for inflation that causes some price certainty, unlike what we ve seen over the last few months. and ryan, inflation is currently at a whopping 8.5%. so how long will it likely take to bring that down with this new interest rate hike? and what is an acceptable inflation level?
Recession where the jobs narrative overtook the climate narrative. but the lesson is that there are oil companies, big oil companies in the coalition that was working to pass that carbon price. the reason is they have a great business. it s incredibly durable and incredibly profitable. what they want is price certainty. they want to be able to plan, and they re willing to accept a carbon price, some of them, if they have to if it s made clear that it s inevitable politically because they can still run a great business and still believe in the viability of the oil and gas business. they provide a different story in public, but in private they re planning for this price. so the politics we see these politics as impossible and captured by lobbyists and frozen. the reality is in 2009 we as a country were that close to doing it. we re going to be that close again. we have to here s the deeper question, right? i think this structures our conversation about fracking as well, which i