stuart, a lot of reasons so far being given for why we might have seen a pop last week. what do you think? look, it could be weather, it could be anything. the plain fact is you used the right word, martha, this is a disappointing number. plain fact: the downtrend in new claims is way too slow. we re 18 months out of a recession, we should be creating all kinds of new jobs, which take people off the new benefit claim line. it s not happening. the downtrend is way too slow. remind everybody, martha, you need way below 300,000 a week in jobless benefit claims to make a dent in the unemployment situation. one more point. we also have news today the trade decifit in america expanded by $6 billion. that is going to slow the economy. that s not good news for jobs in the future. martha: where are we headed, stuart? stagflation. that is a word that s increasingly used. a not very robust economy, way below 3 percent growth,