there is a lot going on right now. but the idea we are going to be able to flip a switch to bring down the cost of gasoline is not likely in the near term nor is regard with food. paul: joined the palace week also journal columnist dan henninger and kim strassel. at editorial page writer monet. before we get to inflation just want to take a quick word about the jobs report on friday at 390,000 new jobs, higher than many expected. the job market is pretty good, very solid. but there is still this unhappiness people have with the economy right now. how do you explain the disconnect? personally jobs numbers i think we can say guess they re a little stronger than a lot of people anticipated. but still this number represents a drop off at the pace of hardwood seen over the course of the past year or so. that is would been the biden administration only bragging point about the economy because inflation has run so high which means that wages actually down in real terms. that is
weapons it needs to defend itself. the $700 million package which includes four medium range advance rocket systems comes days after present biden said the u.s. would not provide ukraine with the rocket systems that strike into russia. we are back with henninger wall street journal editorial board member kate, you ve been following the weapons to ukraine issue since the start. what are your sources telling you about this latest in its likely effectiveness? paul, think the bigness out of this package are the missile launch. the ukrainians have been asking for them for months but think important to stop and understand why they basically allow the ukrainians to strike russian positions at much greater distance. that is what they really need to block the russian artillery advantage. it s a pity it is taken so long to get these rocket systems in