conversations that are happening right now. okay. tbd. more on that to come. on inflation, we just saw the highest inflation reading in 29 years. you have corporate ceos speaking out remarkably on this. honeywell s ceo, most valuable industrial company, said we re seeing substantial inflation. it s definitely here. probably a little more pronounced than people think. p that s what he told my colleague. i know the white house bet here is that it s temporary. and we all hope the white house is right on this. right? no one wants to see prolonged run away inflation. but what if the white house is wrong? what is the plan? well, one of the biggest conversations we had today at the department of slalabor, we talked about inflation. we were going over the numbers. we re looking at increased wages and the areas that gained and then we talked about inflation. again, i think that the jury is still out on what does this mean long term as far as inflation
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