wages, all this job happening providing people with this great opportunity and they are coming back into the labor mark. wages up 5.6%. that is the fast evidence wage growth in a couple years. it s been a lot. let s bring in john harwood to this conversation. this is a lot in aim growth. inflation is higher than the wage growth, though. it helps. it doesn t quite meet the mark. how does the biden administration see numbers here. they will celebrate a continued job growth. by the end of the year, we might be back to pre-pandemic and the number of the chalts, this is the kind of numbers chris seen is indicating that in all the years i have been covering presidents and the economy, they would love to see these numbers. and the white house will celebrate. on the other hand, the paradox is it illustrates a part of the problem. that hot demand for workers is a