8.1%. americans are not slowing the benefits of higher pay that they net in this job market. neil: yeah, getting the best wage increases in decades and unfortunately the biggest inflation run-up in decades. thanks very much for that. lydia hu. kenny joins us, the case capitol advisingers managing partner. for a while, we were racing ahead 300 points on the dow, finishing up 90 points. at first they were surprised that a part of the core number which takes up food and energy barely budged last month. but then they thought better of writ. what happened? that was the initial reaction. they were looking for something positive and they focused on the one number, the core number, month over month when you take out food and energy. as lydia just said and your other guest just said, food, emergency and housing are the most expensive part and things