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Dr. gary lester, how many people actually finance them. he says half of them. couple of years ago could have financed three percent, thousand looking at 6 percent. people and we are going to talk to some in a couple of minutes. people are cutting back on certain things. that is why they are here for the free breakfast and beer. [laughter] i digress. >> brian: the 30-year fixed loan, september 2021 it was 2.86, now 6.02. we don't know how the banks are going to react. it is pain we have to endure because all the pandemic spending from supply chain to president's policies. in terms of nuts and b...

A week ago, 4.15. a month ago, 4.32. a year ago, 2.86. so, just, you know, way up from a year ago. jen psaki also said that the white house expects inflation to come down this year. the white house is citing outside economists for that, but they've also blamed inflation on russia's war on ukraine and the president himself said this week that 70% of the march cpi increase was from energy spikes, but we've had biden's own chairman of the joint chiefs telling members of congress that this war could go on for years. how does the white house project or as an economist project inflation is going to ...

$2.86 a year ago. almost up 82% in the oil used to heat your house is up to over 100%. as biden blames putin's the invasion of ukraine for surges in gas and prizes, former obama white house economic council chair has this to say. >> i like the idea of running the economy house, but did we throw every log on the fire at once. starting to burn the house down and that's not a good way to go about it. >> shannon: meanwhile, amazon says it's taking steps to try to offset costs after announcing this week it's going to addie 5% fuel and inflation surcharge. it will take effect april 28 and will apply...

At the gas pump. >> okay. jeff, are they going to be changing their messaging at all? they keep calling this putin's -- hold that thought. let me bring in matt egan and catherine rampelt. let me show everybody the national average of gas prices a year ago. it was $2.86 per gallon. today, $4.10. going in the right direction, i suppose. what will this do today? >> this probably is not really going to move the needle on gas prices. the national average is based on regular gasoline and i15 is not considered regular gasoline. families can save 10 cents a gallon if they switch to e15 this summer. th...

Influencers who was briefed by the white house this week. >> why is gas so expensive and why is the united states inflation rate at four time decades high? i had the opportunity to ask the white house why gas down the street is $7 and here's what they said. russia is one of the top three producers of oil and it is actually their number one revenue source. now, with putin starting this horrific fight between ukraine and russia, nobody wants to work with him to do international trade. >> this is the trend line a year ago gas 2.86. a month by 3.49. a week ago 4.17. it is a problem and it is being...