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is under way. it sets the stage for a wednesday decision on whether they'll hike interest rates, or leave them unchanged. our business correspondent erin delmore reports from new york. what do you get when you add strong consumer spending? a tightjob market and remarkable growth. you get a resilient economy, an economy that defied earlier predictions of a recession and one that's not buckling under the weight of the fed's interest rate hikes. see, raising interest rates is the fed's best tool to combat persistently high inflation, which consumers have seen reflected in higher prices ...

see, raising interest rates is the fed's best tool to combat persistently high inflation, which consumers have seen reflected in higher prices for nearly everything. and while inflation has fallen by half from itsjune 2022 high of 7%, it's still higher than the fed's target of 2%. earlier this year, federal reserve policymakers hinted that they may hike interest rates once more before the year is out. they'll have a chance this week, or at their last meeting in december, or they could not do it at all. investors and economists are predicting that policymakers will skip a rate hike th...

We have to do this with other leaders. our president has talked already two times already with him this week. >> i do want to ask about food insecurity. a lot of food comes from ukraine. tell me about this effort to combat that and how bad do you think the global food insecurity problem is going to become because of what we are seeing in ukraine? >> you're right. the russian invasion is a global crisis. it is a violation of all principals of the united nations. it is a threat against ukrainian people killed by the russian bombings but the whole world. and one important aspect is the food crisi...

>> you want noodles. >> forced tough choices in the checkoutline. >> what is it like? >> humiliating. not going to be the full fulfillment of a meal. >> staying on budget can mean the difference between fruits and vegetables swapped out for sugary cereals and processed food. >> more than 38 million people lived in food-insecure households. 6 million childrens lived in households in if which the children and food were food insecure. i recently spoke with award winning chef, social activist andrew zimmer and asked how covid exacerbated the food insecurity problem in the

>> do you want any noodles? >> reporter: it's forced some tough choices in the check-out line. >> what's that been like? >> humiliating. you've got to pick and choose your battle, who am i going to upset? myself, my kid? what kid? you know, it's not going to be the full fulfillment of a meal. >> reporter: the decisions made in these aisles go way beyond dollars and cents. staying on budget can mean the difference between fruits and vegetables being swapped out for less costi sugary cereals and processed foods. >> last year more than 38 million people lived in food-insecure households. more tha...