I'm Nicole Lapin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand.

It's time for some money we have.

The biggest story in the financial world this week has been J.P. House comments to the

Senate Banking Committee.

The economy has stayed strong despite the interest rate hikes.

So now the Fed chair is publicly committing to continuing the rate increases and taking

them higher than the earlier target.

The markets always hate it when he does this and stocks reacted accordingly, which means

they went down.

Also during the pandemic, cooking at home became a big business.

One of the winners of this land grab was the air fryer.

Currently about 60% of homes have air friars, which is pretty impressive for a technology

that launched in 2005.

During the pandemic, big companies like Nestle, Tyson Foods, and Kraft Hines all enjoyed

record profits as people were stuck at home cooking.

When the lockdown mandates eased, these brands were able to keep up those numbers thanks to

inflation.

But as consumers are tightening their budgets, suddenly these major food companies are looking

for new strategies to stay on people's shopping lists.

One of the ways is by launching air fryer products, including air fryer instructions on

their packaging.

Please hot pockets, for example, now includes air fryer cooking instructions along with

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