u. s. my counter reports from washington. the news today, the president blasted the supreme court's recent decision, striking down a 50 year old ruling guaranteeing women a constitutional right to an abortion. this was not a decision driven by the constitution. from the spite, with those justices, the majority said, this was non to decision and driven by history. opinion polls indicate the majority of americans agree with the president on this, a respected pew poll indicating 62 percent insist that abortion should be legal. in all almost cases, despite this, at least 9 states have banned abortion with more than a dozen states expected to do so. in coming weeks. blanked by his vice president and the secretary of health. president biden insisted that it was up to congress to pass legislation. restoring. roby wade, and this in turn, would need people to vote for pro choice candidates in the november elections. the challenges go out mon well, for god's sake, there's an election november vote. vote vote vote. consider the challeng

u. s. central bank has been raising borrowing cost since march to try to rain in rising inflation. my counter reports with an inflation rate that is nearing 10 percent, all ice around the federal reserve and the announcement of its plan to try to push it down. against this backdrop, today, the forms he raised its policy interest rate by 3 quarters of a percentage point and anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range for the federal funds rate will be appropriate. the increase was not expected. and the stock markets, which had been calling for aggressive action rose sharply on the news. both did also by the fed, kevin's contention that the country was not in a recession, doesn't seem that the u. s. economy is in recession right now. that along with the fact that he left the door open about the size of any rate move in september as the stance of monetary policy titans further, it likely will become appropriate to slow the pace of increases while we assess how our cumulative policy adjustments are affecting the economy and inflation the rate increase is going to directly affect the d.