Inflation Hits 39 Year High, Covid Boosters & Returning to Restaurants

Inflation accelerated at its fastest pace since 1982, putting pressure on the economic recovery and raising the stakes for the Federal Reserve. CNBC’s senior economics reporter, Steve Liesman, breaks down the latest consumer price index data. Dr. Kavita Patel, former White House health policy director and fellow at the Brookings Institution, reports on the latest CDC recommendations around Covid-19 booster shots. Restaurateur Lidia Bastianich discusses the pandemic’s impact on the restaurant industry and her new PBS special, ‘Lidia Celebrates America: Overcoming the Odds’. Starbucks employees have voted to join a union at one store in Buffalo, New York, the first unionized company-owned location in the U.S. Workers at a second location in the city voted to reject the drive to organize. Thursday’s vote count for a third Starbucks store in upstate New York ended without a definitive result because a number of ballots were still under review. Plus, Rutgers upsets #1 ranked Purdue with buzzer-beater game winner. In this episode: Dr. Kavita Patel, @kavitapmd Lidia Bastianich, @LidiaBastianich Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie