A Pricier House of Mouse & Inflation Translations 8/11/22

Disney is raking in streaming subscribers, but it’s still hiking the price for Disney+. Gas prices may be on the decline, but inflation is still front and center for the Federal Reserve and Wall Street investors; CNBC’s Steve Liesman breaks down the market’s reaction to the latest inflation data, and political strategist and pollster Frank Luntz offers a rhetorical analysis for President Biden’s comments on inflation to the American people. Then, we zoom out: Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz and Gramercy advisor and president of Queens’ College, Cambridge paints the big economic picture of inflation, both stateside and abroad, and considers the paths forward for the Fed.

In this episode:

Mohamed El-Erian @elerianm

Frank Luntz, @FrankLuntz

Steve Liesman, @SteveLiesman

Andrew Ross Sorkin: @andrewrsorkin

Melissa Lee: @MelissaLeeCNBC

Katie Kramer: @Kramer_Katie