Appreciated the chairman's position on pointing out that there has been a routine of 3% increases. But when you're paying more for everything else, that quickly goes away. The price of a tank of gasoline in many places has gone up by almost 50%. That's a staggering amount. And despite the bullish assessment in January that economic growth would hit 5.4% in the fourth quarter, that growth came in at approximately 1/2 a percent. (02:37–02:41)
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Asserts that gasoline prices have increased by almost 50% in many places.
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