that was it his appointment. those were provided lower. unemployment was higher coming in at 4.4%, but we are seeing wage growth. not much, just by $0.03 an hour last month, but if you look at this on a year-to-year basis, wages grew 2.5%. so the point is all of these are signs pointing to in improving economy and improving confidence. in fact, a happy now with their jobs than they have been in over a decade. so these are some of the reasons were finally for the first time in two years, getting the gdp primed to 3% and investors reactions to all of this is why the stock market, just give us the numbers for today in the week is actually up to five months in a row, this being the first day of september, bret? >> bret: and about investors, lauren, how much of that in washington? we've got congress, if they can push through the president's agenda, but also be fed in interest rates? >> this job report, it's a