Trivago CEO Axel Hefer on Company Earnings, Summer Outlook
Axel Hefer, Trivago CEO, joined Cheddar News to this week to discuss the company's latest earnings report. The company reported a miss despite increased global travel demand. "We expect this summer to be strong despite the concerns you hear everywhere about inflation, about higher prices," Hefer said.
Stocks sank on Wall Street after the head of the Federal Reserve warned it could speed up its economy-rattling hikes to interest rates if pressure stays high on inflation.
If measures of the U.S. economy keep coming in hot, as they did in January, the Federal Reserve will likely have to raise interest rates even higher than it has already signaled — and keep them there longer — Chair Jerome Powell will likely warn in testimony to Congress on Tuesday.
The makers of Toblerone are stripping images of Switzerland's famed Matterhorn and the Swiss flag from the packaging of the milk-chocolate treat as they move some production to Slovakia.
